How to add to external parameters are express in the webpack configuration - node.js

Question

I'm trying to build my project using webpack. this is my webpack configuration file.
import * as path from 'path';
import * as webpack from 'webpack';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
import nodeExternals from 'webpack-node-externals';
const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
const input = path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/server');
const output = path.resolve(__dirname, '../server');
const config: webpack.Configuration = {
entry: {
server: path.resolve(input, './index.ts'),
},
experiments: {
outputModule: true,
},
externals: [
nodeExternals(),
],
module: {
rules: [
{
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'ts-loader',
options: {
transpileOnly: true,
},
test: /\.ts(x?)$/,
},
],
},
name: 'server',
output: {
filename: '[name].js',
path: output,
publicPath: '/node/',
chunkFormat: 'module',
},
resolve: {
extensions: ['*', '.js', '.jsx', '.json', '.ts', '.tsx'],
},
target: 'node',
};
export default config;
when I run bundle, I get an error.
module.exports = require("express"); ^
ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use
import instead This file is being treated as an ES module because it
has a '.js' file extension and
'/test/package.json' contains "type":
"module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it to use the
'.cjs' file extension.
in the bundle I see
/***/ ((module) => {
module.exports = require("express");
/***/ }),
I expect to get something like this
/***/ ((module) => {
module.exports = __WEBPACK_EXTERNAL_createRequire(import.meta.url)("http");
/***/ }),
I tried adding this code to config, but it didn't help
externals: [
nodeExternals(),
'express',
]
server.ts
import express from 'express';
const app = express();
app.get('/', (request, response) => {
response.send('Hi there');
});
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('Listen on the port 3000...');
});