Uncaught SyntaxError: The requested module does not provide an export named 'Redis' in ioredis

Question

I am using ioredis in my Node.js + Express project with ES modules ("type": "module" in package.json). When I try to import Redis like this:

import {Redis} from "ioredis";
import dotenv from "dotenv";

dotenv.config();

const redis = new Redis(process.env.UPSTASH_REDIS_URI);

// ✅ Correct Export (Named + Default)
export { redis };
export default redis;

I get the error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: The requested module  
  '/@fs/D:/Main/Web_Development/Projects/E-Commerce-
    Store/node_modules/ioredis/built/index.js?v=0293eaae'
      does not provide an export named 'Redis' (at redis.js:1:9)

I tried changing the import statement to:

import Redis from "ioredis";

But this resulted in another error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: The requested module  
 '/@fs/D:/Main/Web_Development/Projects/E-Commerce- 
   Store/node_modules/ioredis/built/index.js?v=0293eaae'  
     does not provide an export named 'default' (at redis.js:1:8)

I also checked node_modules/ioredis/built/index.js to see if Redis is exported, but couldn't find a named export.
I expected the module to import Redis correctly without errors.
i am using the latest ioredis, version which is 5.5.0

here's my vite.config.js:

import { defineConfig } from "vite";
import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  server: {
    proxy: {
      "/api": {
        target: "http://localhost:5000",
       },
    },
  },

  build: {
    rollupOptions: {
      // Exclude ioredis from the final build
      external: ["ioredis"], 
    },
  },

  optimizeDeps: {
    // Prevent Vite from pre-bundling ioredis
    exclude: ["ioredis"], 
  },

});

here's my package.json file:

{
  "name": "e-commerce-store",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "nodemon backend/server.js",
    "start": "node backend/server.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": "",
  "dependencies": {
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "cloudinary": "^2.5.1",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.7",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^16.4.7",
    "express": "^4.21.2",
    "ioredis": "^5.5.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
    "mongoose": "^8.9.5",
    "razorpay": "^2.9.5",
    "redis": "^4.7.0",
    "safe-buffer": "^5.2.1",
    "stripe": "^17.5.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^3.1.9"
  }
}

I tried, it didn't gave me any errors, may be because of ioredis version ? — bogdanoff
– bogdanoff, Commented Feb 16 at 16:56
"i am using latest 'ioredis' version which is 10.8.2" but the latest version is only 5.5.0 on npm. Post your package.json file. — jQueeny
– jQueeny, Commented Feb 16 at 18:03
Based on the console logs you posted you might be using Vite (@fs is typically something I see in Vite logs). If you are could you please post your Vite config as well as any other configurations (e.g. TypeScript)? — Damian Mulligan
– Damian Mulligan, Commented Feb 16 at 19:09
if this is the case you should use npm install --save-dev @types/node and import Redis and not { Redis } — avifen
– avifen, Commented Feb 16 at 19:13

avifen · Accepted Answer · 2025-02-17 16:35:41Z

1

You have in your dependency both node-redis and io-redis. So you should choose. For node-redis, the one called redis use:

import { createClient } from 'redis';

const client = createClient();

await client.connect();

For io-redis:

const Redis = require("ioredis");
const redis = new Redis();

But the best is always valkey-glide :P

import { GlideClient } from "@valkey/valkey-glide";
const addresses = [
    {
        host: "localhost",
        port: 6379,
    },
];
const client = await GlideClient.createClient({
    addresses: addresses,
});

answered Feb 17 at 16:35

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Rakesh Nagarkar Feb 23 at 9:53

"I'm trying to use @valkey/valkey-glide in my Node.js project on Windows, but I'm getting the following error: Error: Unsupported OS: win32, architecture: x64 Any suggestions would be appreciated!"

avifen Feb 23 at 15:00

@RakeshNagarkar Hi, we still don't support windows, unfortunately. It is under development, but it will take some time. My general recommendation is to use WSL (in general TBH, since production servers are running on linux in usual).

avifen Feb 23 at 15:05

See code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl my recommendation is to choose Ubuntu latest, as it the most popular server, and most chances that your apps in production will be run on.

Rakesh Nagarkar Feb 24 at 16:35

after running my backend on "wsl" i am facing similar issue to previous one which is : Uncaught SyntaxError: The requested module '/@fs/D:/Main/Web_Development/Projects/E-Commerce-Store/node_modules/@valkey/valkey-glide/build-ts/index.js?v=5e84669d' does not provide an export named 'GlideClient

avifen Feb 24 at 20:33

Did you try to install it on the WSL, or copy from the windows env? Do you want to join Valkey slack workspace and chat there? I'll be able to give better help.

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