Error: Cannot find module 'node:util' when trying to use "sharp"

Question

After I installed sharp to my Node.js application and tried to use it, the following error shows:

/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js:1
Error: Cannot find module 'node:util'
Require stack:
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/node_modules/sharp/lib/index.js
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/controller/general/tools.js
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/controller/administration/interview.js
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/services/admin.js
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/routes/index.js
- /Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/index.js
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js:6:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js',
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/node_modules/sharp/lib/index.js',
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/controller/general/tools.js',
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/controller/administration/interview.js',
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/services/admin.js',
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/routes/index.js',
    '/Users/username/Documents/GitHub/Synto-BE/index.js'
  ]
}

Node.js v18.17.1
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

Disabling the part of code using sharp doesn't work, only uninstalling it works for me.

May someone tell me how to install it correctly?

Answer 1

All you need to do is to add "sharp" to the resolutions of your package.json file:

"resolutions": {
    "sharp": "^0.29.0"
  }

and the example of package.json:

{
  "name": "my-sharp-project",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "express": "^4.19.2",
    "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
    "sharp": "^0.29.0"
  },
  "resolutions": {
    "sharp": "^0.29.0"
  }
}