Cannot Find Module Error During Auth0 Import With AWS Custom DB

Overview

This article explains why an error occurs when attempting to use a Custom Database script that interacts with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for importing users into Auth0. The process fails, and the following error message appears:

“error”: “Script generated an unhandled synchronous exception.”

Cannot find module ‘aws-sdk@{version}’

Applies To

  • Database Connection

Cause

A version is applied to the node module import.

Solution

Remove the version from the import statement and let Auth0 import the latest version of the module.