Uncaught TypeError: PouchDB is not a constructor

[Matias Salimbene]

Hello,

I'm using pouchDB as a cdb for an app and I'm struggling to understand this error: Uncaught TypeError: PouchDB is not a constructor

The declaration is as follows:

var PouchDB = require("pouchdb");
var db = new PouchDB("scr");

I've read about how it may be related to types and that adding:

 "@types/node": "^10.12.0",
 "@types/pouchdb": "^6.3.2",

to my package.json should help, but it isn't. I've tested on another simple .js file and works, but on my main app it isn't. Still, I don't understand why it wouldn't work. The pouch documentation is quite clear https://pouchdb.com/api.html#create_document. I should mention I'm running this on the context of an electron app, not in the browser.

Any tip is greatly appreciated,

Cheers, Matias.

[Joshua Holbrook]

A tiny hint maybe: it looks like pouchdb uses es6 module syntax https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/blob/master/packages/node_modules/pouchdb/src/pouchdb.js and this is presumably compiled via babel - so the way that require works might be funky. Dunno though. Either way, I'd see if PouchDB here is actually an object with, say a "default" property whose value is the PouchDB constructor. console.log will probably help you here.

Good luck!

--Josh

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