Try to run boiler plate code in a node script either results in "SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module" or "Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]" #355
Running my node script will execute the boiler plate code
Actual behavior
Errors originating from the import statement.
./intercom-chat-data-pull.js
/Users/garethbrickmansigma/GitHub/technical-support/intercom-scripts/JavaScript/intercom-chat-data-pull.js:3
import { Client } from './dist/index';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1031:15)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1065:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47
If I add "type": "module" in the package.json, then the error becomes:
./intercom-chat-data-pull.js
node:internal/errors:464
ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
^
Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module '/Users/garethbrickmansigma/GitHub/technical-support/intercom-scripts/JavaScript/dist/index' imported from /Users/garethbrickmansigma/GitHub/technical-support/intercom-scripts/JavaScript/intercom-chat-data-pull.js
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:371:5)
at finalizeResolution (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:416:11)
at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:932:10)
at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1044:11)
at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:422:30)
at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:222:40)
at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:76:40)
at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:75:36) {
code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}
I don't understand where './dist/index' would be located? It does not get created after I run yarn add intercom-client
Version info
Expected behavior
Running my node script will execute the boiler plate code
Actual behavior
Errors originating from the import statement.
If I add
"type": "module"
in the package.json, then the error becomes:I don't understand where './dist/index' would be located? It does not get created after I run
yarn add intercom-client
My script's code for
intercom-chat-data-pull.js
: