Web3 default import does not work with commonjs

[nazarhussain]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Web3 is not a constructor

Expected Behavior

It should work fine.

Steps to Reproduce

const Web3 = require('web3'); 

const web3 = new Web3(); 

Web3.js Version

4.x

Environment

No response

Anything Else?

Replacing export default with export = can fix this issue but it's not possible when exporting multiple items from the module which we are.

[nazarhussain]

We need to make sure that following scripts work fine.

// web3_deafult_import.cjs

const Web3 = require('web3'); 

new Web3(); 

// web3_named_import.cjs

const { Web3 } = require('web3'); 

new Web3(); 

// web3_named_import.mjs

import { Web3 } from 'web3'; 

new Web3(); 

// web3_default_import.mjs

import Web3 from 'web3'; 

new Web3(); 

// web3_default_import.ts

import Web3 from 'web3'; 

new Web3(); 

// web3_named_import.ts

import {Web3} from 'web3'; 

new Web3(); 

[nazarhussain]

It turns out that we actually can't do that in Typescript.

microsoft/TypeScript#2719 (comment)