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SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

Error message

SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

What broke

The code is using ES6 module syntax with 'export', but the environment is not set up to handle it. This often happens when trying to run ES6 code in an environment that only supports CommonJS modules.

Why it broke

The root cause is that the JavaScript runtime or environment (like Node.js) is not configured to support ES6 modules, which use 'export' and 'import' statements. By default, Node.js uses CommonJS module syntax.

How to fix

To fix this, you can either change the module type in your package.json to 'module' or convert your code to use CommonJS syntax with 'module.exports' and 'require'. Alternatively, you can use a transpiler like Babel to convert ES6 code to CommonJS.

Code fix

{
  "type": "module"
}

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Prevention tip

Alternatively, you can use a transpiler like Babel to convert ES6 code to CommonJS.

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