Missing node module error even though it's installed on a webdriverio/electron project. (ts-node) - electron

Question

I cannot figure out why I am getting the below error. I'm trying to set up webdriver-io for an existing electron project.
node:internal/errors:465
ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
^
Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\user\automation\product\src\product.client\
node_modules\ts-node\esm\transpile-only' imported from C:\Users\user\automation\product\src\product.client\
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:372:5)
at finalizeResolution (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:437:11)
at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1009:10)
at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1218:11)
at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:580:30)
at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:294:18)
at ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:380:22)
at initializeLoader (node:internal/process/esm_loader:74:49)
at loadESM (node:internal/process/esm_loader:87:11)
at runMainESM (node:internal/modules/run_main:51:21) {
code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}
I have been through the google desert. Of course I understand it's not found. But I can't figure out why it's not found? ts-node is installed. My package.json is below:
"devDependencies": {
"#types/chalk": "^2.2.0",
"#types/chart.js": "^2.9.34",
"#types/command-line-args": "^5.0.0",
"#types/execa": "^2.0.0",
"#types/node": "^14.6.0",
"#types/request": "^2.48.7",
"#typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.18.0",
"#typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.18.0",
"#wdio/cli": "^8.3.3",
"#wdio/devtools-service": "^7.16.14",
"chalk": "^4.1.0",
"command-line-args": "^5.1.1",
"cross-env": "^7.0.2",
"electron-chromedriver": "^13.0.0",
"electron-packager": "^15.2.0",
"electron-wix-msi": "^3.2.0",
"eslint": "^6.8.0",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.20.0",
"execa": "^4.0.3",
"rimraf": "^3.0.2",
"ts-node": "^8.10.2",
"typescript": "^4.9.5",
"wdio-electron-service": "^3.5.1",
"webdriverio": "^7.7.4",
"yarn-run-all": "^3.1.1"
},
"dependencies": {
"chart.js": "2.9.4",
"electron": "^23.0.0",
"react-number-format": "^4.8.0"
}
}
Can any kind soul help me figure out what it's looking for or how to get around it? I'm very frustrated.

Answer 1

I don’t know if you already figured it out or not but I had the exact same error and it was a problem with the version of ts-node. So basically install a newer version of ts-node the one I installed was 10+. Hope this helps.