MacOS, typescript, node 16: attempted import error

[ELI7VH]

Ethers Version

6.0.2

Search Terms

Attempted import error: 'ethers'.'providers' is not exported from 'ethers' (imported as 'ethers').

Describe the Problem

When trying to import { ethers } from 'ethers in my react app, and use ethers.providers I get the following error:

Attempted import error: 'ethers'.'providers' is not exported from 'ethers' (imported as 'ethers').

Code Snippet

import { ethers } from 'ethers'
// @ts-ignore
console.log(ethers.providers) // gives error

Contract ABI

n/a

Errors

Attempted import error: 'ethers'.'providers' is not exported from 'ethers' (imported as 'ethers').
ERROR in ./src/lib/contexts/MetaMaskContext.tsx 12:12-28
export 'ethers'.'providers' (imported as 'ethers') was not found in 'ethers' (possible exports: AbiCoder, AbstractProvider, AbstractSigner, AlchemyProvider, AnkrProvider, BaseContract, BaseWallet, Block, BrowserProvider, CloudflareProvider, ConstructorFragment, Contract, ContractEventPayload, ContractFactory, ContractTransactionReceipt, ContractTransactionResponse, EnsResolver, ErrorFragment, EtherSymbol, EtherscanProvider, EventFragment, EventLog, FallbackProvider, FeeData, FetchCancelSignal, FetchRequest, FetchResponse, FixedNumber, Fragment, FunctionFragment, HDNodeVoidWallet, HDNodeWallet, Indexed, InfuraProvider, Interface, IpcSocketProvider, JsonRpcApiProvider, JsonRpcProvider, JsonRpcSigner, LangEn, Log, LogDescription, MaxInt256, MaxUint256, MessagePrefix, MinInt256, Mnemonic, N, Network, NonceManager, ParamType, PocketProvider, QuickNodeProvider, Result, Signature, SigningKey, SocketProvider, Transaction, TransactionDescription, TransactionReceipt, TransactionResponse, Typed, TypedDataEncoder, Utf8ErrorFuncs, VoidSigner, Wallet, WebSocketProvider, WeiPerEther, Wordlist, WordlistOwl, WordlistOwlA, ZeroAddress, ZeroHash, accessListify, assert, assertArgument, assertArgumentCount, assertNormalize, assertPrivate, checkResultErrors, computeAddress, computeHmac, concat, dataLength, dataSlice, decodeBase58, decodeBase64, decodeBytes32String, decodeRlp, decryptCrowdsaleJson, decryptKeystoreJson, decryptKeystoreJsonSync, defaultPath, defineProperties, dnsEncode, encodeBase58, encodeBase64, encodeBytes32String, encodeRlp, encryptKeystoreJson, encryptKeystoreJsonSync, ensNormalize, formatEther, formatUnits, fromTwos, getAccountPath, getAddress, getBigInt, getBytes, getBytesCopy, getCreate2Address, getCreateAddress, getDefaultProvider, getIcapAddress, getNumber, getUint, hashMessage, hexlify, id, isAddress, isAddressable, isBytesLike, isCallException, isCrowdsaleJson, isError, isHexString, isKeystoreJson, isValidName, keccak256, lock, makeError, mask, namehash, parseEther, parseUnits, pbkdf2, randomBytes, recoverAddress, resolveAddress, ripemd160, scrypt, scryptSync, sha256, sha512, solidityPacked, solidityPackedKeccak256, solidityPackedSha256, stripZerosLeft, toBeArray, toBeHex, toBigInt, toNumber, toQuantity, toTwos, toUtf8Bytes, toUtf8CodePoints, toUtf8String, verifyMessage, version, zeroPadBytes, zeroPadValue)

Environment

node.js (v12 or newer)

Environment (Other)

MacOS

[ricmoo]

The .providers was an artifact of being a monorepo. All Provider classes are now available directly on the root object, for example import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers".

[Skandesh]

Still facing this issue, the above code didn't work for me.

Got this error - export 'Web3Provider' (imported as 'Web3Provider') was not found in 'ethers' (possible exports:

[ricmoo]

What version are you using?