require.context() alternative when using ES modules

I have a project where I want to use ES modules and use import instead of require.

So I have added in package.json "type": "module".

There is a case now where I have to import some files and the only way I know to do that is by using require.context.

My file (which auto-imports routes):

import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'

/*
 * Auto imports routes from @/pages. It only requires a route.js file inside each page
 * */
function autoImportRoutes() {
  const filePaths = require.context('@/pages/', true, /route.js/)
  console.log(filePaths.keys())
  return filePaths.keys().map(filePath => {
    const pathWithoutLeadingDot = filePath.replace('.', '') // remove first dot of ./path-name
    return require(`@/pages${pathWithoutLeadingDot}`).default
  })
}

const routes = autoImportRoutes()

const router = createRouter({
  history: createWebHistory(process.env.BASE_URL),
  routes
})

export default router

The error I get:

(node:36528) Warning: require() of ES modules is not supported.
require() of babel.config.js from project-path\no
de_modules\@babel\core\lib\config\files\module-types.js is an ES module file as it is a .js file whose nearest parent package.json contains "type": "module" which defines all .js files in that package scope as ES modules.
Instead rename babel.config.js to end in .cjs, change the requiring code to use import(), or remove "type": "module" from project-path\package.js
on.

If I remove, the "type": "module" from package.json everything works, but I wanted to know if there is a way to make this work.

I understand that require.context() (probably) is not allowed when using ES modules, but then how to do the same functionality without using require.context() ?

Update: I searched this a bit and it seems that it's not possible to do what I want (at least without hacking around with node file system) by using ES modules for 2 reasons.

1. Haven't found an import alternative to require.context()
2. import() it asynchronous which will make my code fail because vue-router doesn't waits. Could be workarounds to make it wait though, but too hacky.

So right now, I will stick with removing "type": "module" from package.json

Any answer is welcome and thanks for your time :)