(Node J.S.) SyntaxError: Unexpected token function on an async function

Question

So I'm trying to use async/await but i get this error:

async function something(options) {
  ^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token function

Here's the code:

var request = require('superagent');

async function something(options) {
    let response = await request.get("apiurlblabla");
    if(response) {
      .query(({'queryqeureur}))
      .query(({'uqeryqery'}))
      var jsonString = JSON.parse(res.text)
      console.log(jsonString.propertyblabla);
      console.log(jsonString.propertyblabla)
    }
}

Is your node up to date? Async/await got enabled in node 7 I think. — Sirko, Jul 23 '17 at 17:07
You still have syntax errors on top of having a wrong version. — Darkrum, Jul 23 '17 at 18:49

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '17 at 17:10

7

async function is supported officially in nodejs 8 and later. you should update your nodejs version to 8 or later.

answered Jul 23 '17 at 17:10

Kermit

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '17 at 11:23

1

Install node version manager:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.6/install.sh | bash

Install new version of node:

nvm install 8.0

Update verion which uses:

nvm use 8.0

answered Dec 05 '17 at 11:23

Sergey Pavlov

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(Node J.S.) SyntaxError: Unexpected token function on an async function

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