SyntaxError: Unexpected token import

[sean-lin-tw]

Hi, I am running Node v8.10.0 on Ubuntu18.04.

When I ran the project with node server.js, it showed a syntax error at the import statement. How do you get around this?

Thanks!

[jimmylee]

@jacky6016 if you could try upgrading your version of node that might help.

[sean-lin-tw]

I upgraded Node to 14.5.0 and change server.js to server.mjs. It can run now.

[jeevanpillay0000]

Doesn't work for me either.

Node - 14.7.0 (LTS) Npm - 6.14.7

Works if you change to

const express = require('express');
const fs = require("fs");
const { ffs, createPow } = require("@textile/powergate-client")

Also, you need to change the placing of some of the variable instantiations.

[jimmylee]

@lpfloyd I don't think this example has been kept up to date, if you could send a PR that would be great