NodeJs : TypeError: require(…) is not a function

Question

I am trying to require a file and afterwards pass it to a var. I am following this tutorial to create a authentication system. After writing the server.js file and trying to

Answer 1

For me, this was an issue with cyclic dependencies.

IOW, module A required module B, and module B required module A.

So in module B, require('./A') is an empty object rather than a function.

How to deal with cyclic dependencies in Node.js