Importing an external module in javascript

Asked Mar 28 '19 at 16:09

Active Mar 28 '19 at 16:23

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I'm trying to use axios in my code,

import axios from 'axios';
axios.get("http://someurl.com")
    .then(response => {

        console.log(response)

    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.log("Error parsing data", error);
    });

This throws the following error :

import axios from 'axios';
       ^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:743:23)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:810:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:666:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:606:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:862:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:21:11

What am I doing wrong here ?

edited Mar 28 '19 at 16:23

Abderrahim Soubai-Elidrisi

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Try `import { axios } from 'axios'`. Does that work? Alternative: `import * as axios from 'axios'`. – Mathyn Mar 28 '19 at 16:10
@Mathyn neither works. – Melissa Stewart Mar 28 '19 at 16:13
What version of node are you using? – evolutionxbox Mar 28 '19 at 17:24

Importing an external module in javascript

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