Fetch is not a function

[R0N1n-dev]

V2.6.7 is not working with require.
Throws error of 'fetch is not a function'.
Followed docs.

const express = require("express");
const fetch = import("node-fetch");
const redis = require("redis");

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
const REDIS_PORT = process.env.REDIS_PORT || 6379;

const client = redis.createClient(REDIS_PORT);
const app = express();

async function getRepos(req, res, next) {
  try {
    console.log("Fetching data ....");
    const { username } = req.params;
    const response = await fetch(`https://api.github.com/users/${username}`);
    const data = await response.json();
    res.send(data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    res.status(500);
  }
}

app.get("/repos/:username", getRepos);
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}!`));

Console Error
ronin@ronin-HP-Laptop:~/red-cache$ node index
Example app listening on port 3000!
Fetching data ....
TypeError: fetch is not a function
at getRepos (/home/ronin/red-cache/index.js:15:28)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at next (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
at Route.dispatch (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at /home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
at param (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:365:14)
at param (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:376:14)
at Function.process_params (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:421:3)
at next (/home/ronin/red-cache/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:10)

deps
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.18.1",
"node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
"redis": "^4.1.0"
}

Env

• Operating System: Linux
• Node Version: v16.13.2
• Package Manager: npm@8.5.5

[LinusU]

Did you mean to use require here?

- const fetch = import("node-fetch");
+ const fetch = require("node-fetch");

[jimmywarting]

if you are still using commonjs and node-fetch@2 then this is the answer.
Use require() instead of import()

you can ofc still use import('node-fetch') and use the newer v3 version if you want, but then it will be loaded lazily and become a promise, see manjushsh solution below or read any of the other solution in #1279 of how you can start using node-fetch@3

[manjushsh]

const fetch = (url, init) => import('node-fetch').then(module => module.default(url, init));

Or try using built in fetch from NodeJS v18