SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules

nchaulet / node-geocoder

nodejs geocoding library

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const NodeGeocoder = require('node-geocoder'); const options = { provider: 'google', // Optional depending on the providers fetch: customFetchImplementation, apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', // for Mapquest, OpenCage, Google Premier formatter: null // 'gpx', 'string', ... }; const geocoder = NodeGeocoder(options); // Using callback const res = await geocoder.geocode('29 champs elysée paris');

Code
const NodeGeocoder = require('node-geocoder');

const options = {
  provider: 'google',

  // Optional depending on the providers
  fetch: customFetchImplementation,
  apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', // for Mapquest, OpenCage, Google Premier
  formatter: null // 'gpx', 'string', ...
};

const geocoder = NodeGeocoder(options);

// Using callback
const res = await geocoder.geocode('29 champs elysée paris');
Response:

node node_geocoder.js /Users/florin/Work/OR/onerecord-api-database-query/node_geocoder.js:15 const res = await geocoder.geocode('29 champs elysée paris'); ^^^^^

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:355:18) at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1022:15) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1056:27) at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1121:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:32) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:76:12) at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

Node version: v15.14.0

You can't use await outside a function. In your case you need to do:

const NodeGeocoder = require('node-geocoder');

const options = {
  provider: 'google',

  // Optional depending on the providers
  fetch: customFetchImplementation,
  apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY', // for Mapquest, OpenCage, Google Premier
  formatter: null // 'gpx', 'string', ...
};

const geocoder = NodeGeocoder(options);

;(async () => {
  const res = await geocoder.geocode('29 champs elysée paris');
})();

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SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules #316