Are there any obvious reasons why my import isn't working

Asked Jul 12 '20 at 22:57

Active Jul 12 '20 at 23:11

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I'm trying to do a simple module export import in node.js.

Here's js.js:

let animal = "cat";

export {animal};

Here's js2.js:

import {animal} from './js.js';
console.log(animal);

This is my error message:

This is where the files are located:

edited Jul 12 '20 at 23:11

asked Jul 12 '20 at 22:57

tonitone111

did you tried without extension .js ? – sonEtLumiere Jul 12 '20 at 23:00
Are you sure that JS file is loaded and executed as a _module_? Try `.jsm` or `.mjs` instead of `.js`. – Sebastian Simon Jul 12 '20 at 23:03
@user4642212 Tried that and didn't make a difference. This article (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules) would seem to suggest `.js` will suffice – tonitone111 Jul 12 '20 at 23:12
@sonEtLumiere were you suggesting that I rename them to `js` and `js2`? Tried that and didn't work – tonitone111 Jul 12 '20 at 23:23
import {animal} from './js'; (without the .js extension, only the file name) – sonEtLumiere Jul 12 '20 at 23:27
I think this suggests to use a different syntax instead (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38296667/getting-unexpected-token-export) – tonitone111 Jul 12 '20 at 23:39
@murrayju Then you would have to use `import animal` instead of `import {animal}`. – Barmar Jul 13 '20 at 00:44
@Barmar you are thinking of `export default animal` – murrayju Jul 14 '20 at 02:47

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