Module has no default export Error in TypeScript [Solved]

# Module has no default export Error in TypeScript

The "Module has no default export" error occurs when we try to import as default from a module that doesn't have a default export.

To solve the error make sure the module has a named export and wrap the import in curly braces, e.g. import {myFunction} from './myModule'.

Here is an example of how the error occurs. This is our index.ts file.

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// 👇️ named export
export function sum(a: number, b: number) {
  return a + b;
}

And this is a file that imports the function from index.ts.

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// ⛔️ Error: Module '"X"' has no default export.
// 👇️ default import
import sum from './index';

console.log(sum(5, 15));

Notice that in our index.ts file, we used a named export, but when we imported the function in the other file we used a default import.

This is the reason the error occurs.

To solve the error, make sure:

1. To wrap named exports in curly braces when importing them.
2. Use the default keyword when exporting a value as a default export.
3. Each module only has a maximum of 1 default export but could have multiple named exports.

# Solve the error using a default export

Here is an example of how to solve the error using a default export.

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// 👇️ default export
export default function sum(a: number, b: number) {
  return a + b;
}

And import the function in the other file.

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// 👇️ default import
import sum from './index';

console.log(sum(5, 15));

Notice that we do not use curly braces when working with default imports.

If you are exporting a variable as a default export, you have to declare it on 1 line and export it on the next. You can't declare and default export a variable on the same line.

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const str = 'hello';

export default str;

You can only have a single default export per module, but you can have multiple named exports.

# Solve the error using a named export

Here is how you use named imports/exports.

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// 👇️ named export
export function sum(a: number, b: number) {
  return a + b;
}

And now we use a named import in the other file.

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// 👇️ named import
import { sum } from './index';

console.log(sum(5, 15));

Notice the curly braces, this is how we import a named export.

# Using both named and default exports

You can also mix and match, here's an example.

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// 👇️ named export
export const num = 33;

// 👇️ default export
export default function sum(a: number, b: number) {
  return a + b;
}

And here are the imports.

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// 👇️ default and named import
import sum, { num } from './index';

console.log(sum(num, 10));

We used a default import to import the sum function and a named import to import the num variable.

# Additional Resources

You can learn more about the related topics by checking out the following tutorials:

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