How I can use a commonjs module in my quasar project - node.js

Question

I an SSR Quasar project using Vite. Whenever I try to add the #tiptap/extension-code-block-lowlight extension to my project, build it and then node dist/ssr/index.js it throws the following error:
Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /home/whatever/devotto/devotto.com/node_modules/lowlight/lib/common.js
require() of ES modules is not supported.
require() of /home/whatever/devotto/devotto.com/node_modules/lowlight/lib/common.js from /home/whatever/devotto/devotto.com/dist/ssr/server/server-entry.js is an ES module file as it is a .js file whose nearest parent package.json contains "type": "module" which defines all .js files in that package scope as ES modules.
Instead rename common.js to end in .cjs, change the requiring code to use import(), or remove "type": "module" from /home/whatever/devotto/devotto.com/node_modules/lowlight/package.json.
Upon investigation, I have concluded that the issue is the lowlight library being imported by #tiptap/extension-code-block-lowlight.
If I manually go to my node_modules/#tiptap/extension-code-block-lowlight/package.json AND node_modules/lowlight/package.json and remove the line "type": "module", I can run the project with no problem (e.g. yarn build && node dist/ssr/index.js.
This solution works on my current machine but I shouldn't have to touch the node_modules folder.
I would assume that I have to transpile lowlight library which prompts me to try to alter Vite configuration but no luck there as well
module.exports = function() {
return {
build: {
extendViteConf (viteConf, { isClient, isServer }) {
if (isServer) {
viteConf.optimizeDeps = viteConf.optimizeDeps || {};
viteConf.optimizeDeps.include = ['./node_modules/highlight.js'];
viteConf.build.commonjsOptions = viteConf.build.commonjsOptions || {};
viteConf.build.commonjsOptions.include = [/highlight.js/, /node_modules/];
// viteConf.optimizeDeps.entries = [
// 'node_modules/#tiptap/extension-code-block-lowlight/dist/tiptap-extension-code-block-lowlight.cjs',
// 'node_modules/highlight.js'
// ];
}
},
}
}
}
Is there a solution to this issue without having to manually change node_module folder? Thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

I didn't exactly solve the question. I only applied an automated way to handle this whenever I run the command to build the server using pre scripts.
On my package.json:
{
"scripts": {
"start:test:webserver": "ENV_FILE=test quasar build --mode ssr --port 3000 && node dist/ssr/index.js",
"prestart:test:webserver": "sed -i '/\"type\": \"module\",/d' node_modules/lowlight/package.json && sed -i '/\"type\": \"module\",/d' node_modules/#tiptap/extension-code-block-lowlight/package.json",
}
}