google-api-nodejs-client: TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object

All I’m doing is: var {google} = require(‘googleapis’) as the instructions by Google say to do.

I’m getting “Cannot convert undefined or null to object” error.

The error is happening around pify.

Tried to run the example in “Test googleapis in your browser” but it still fails.

Tried to manually add the required and included dependencies without success.

Running the latest node, npm, and googleapis release versions. What am I doing wrong here?

Tried both import {google} from 'googleapis'; and var {google} = require('googleapis')

Thanks!