internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module '../repositories/UserRepository' in docker container

Question

its comming in ubuntu.. getting this error while hosted website. after checking the docker container logs iam able to see this error. but its running in local device..

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '../repositories/UserRepository'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/app/usr/src/services/user.services.js:2:24)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting.

iam getting this error when i check the container logs.please help me with this.. i tried some answers like npm install,apt-get update but all are not useful to me..

Answer 1

create an alias with module-alias like this

moduleAlias.addAliases({
  '@app': __dirname,
});

and import this file from the alias like this

require('@app/path_to_directory/repositories/UserRepository)