'Chrome extension: Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

There are a bunch of similar threads on here however I cannot seem to find anything that works for me. I am building a chrome extension where I'd like to connect to a websocket. I have found a project, https://github.com/matthewlawson/lnm-socket.io, which I try to use as inspiration although I cannot make it work for me.

The server is not in the chrome extension, however I try to access it from my background.js file. That's when I get the Cannot use import statement outside a module error message. Adding "type": "module" to my package.json file doesn't seem to fix it and since it is the background file I do not have it in a script tag to place the "type": "module" in. What can I do?

node.jssyntax-errorchrome-extension-manifest-v3


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