Problem when connect sequelize on express with postgreSQL - express

Question

I have a little problem with connecting sequelize in express
TypeError: sequelize.sync is not a function
I have database setup in docker
database:
image: postgres
container_name: database
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
POSTGRES_DB: express_database
volumes:
- ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
ports:
- "5432:5432"
And this is my sequelize define
import Sequelize from 'sequelize'
const sequelize = new Sequelize(
'express_database',
'postgres',
'secret',
{
host: 'database',
dialect: 'postgres'
}
);
export default { sequelize }
And in index.js
import sequelize from './Util/database.js'
(async () => {
try {
await sequelize.sync({
force: false
})
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
}
})()
And my user model
import Sequelize from 'sequelize';
import db from '../Util/database';
const User = db.define('users', {
id: {
type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
autoIncrement: true,
allowNull: false,
primaryKey: true
},
first_name: {
type: Sequelize.STRING,
allowNull: false
}
});
export default { User }
I struggled all day and searched for information but I don't realize what the problem might be. Do you know how I can solve this whole thing?
Is it a problem that I wrote the code with es6?

Answer 1

export default { sequelize } exports an object with only 1 key named 'sequelize' and containing what you want.
Replace it with export default sequelize. Otherwise, you'd be forced to call sequelize.sequelize.sync() when you import it^^