Borislav Hadzhiev
Sun Mar 27 2022·1 min read
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To solve the error "Cannot find module 'mongoose'", make sure to install the
mongoose
package by opening your terminal in your project's root directory and
running the following command: npm i mongoose
and restart your IDE and
development server.
Open your terminal in your project's root directory (where your package.json
file is located) and run the following command:
npm install mongoose
This will add the mongoose
package to the dependencies of your project.
If the error is not resolved, try to delete your node_modules
and
package-lock.json
(not package.json
) files, re-run npm install
and restart
your IDE.
# 👇️ delete node_modules and package-lock.json rm -rf node_modules rm -f package-lock.json # 👇️ clean npm cache npm cache clean --force npm install
If you're still getting the "Cannot find module 'mongoose'" error, open your
package.json
file and make sure it contains the mongoose
package in the
dependencies
object.
{ // ... rest "dependencies": { "mongoose": "^6.2.8", } }
You can try to manually add the line and re-run npm install
.
npm install
Or install the latest version of the package:
npm install mongoose@latest
The mongoose
module should NOT be globally installed or be in your project's
devDependencies
, it should be in the dependencies
object in your
package.json
file.