I'm a newcomer to JavaScript and node.js. Whenever I attempt to launch the server using the "nodemon server.js" command, I encounter an unexpected identifier error. I have express installed.
Here is the content of my server.js file:
import express from 'express' ;
import mongoose from 'mongoose' ;
const app = express();
const port = proces.env.PORT || 8001
app.get('/', (req, res) => res.status(200).send("hello ozzy") );
// Listener
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`listening on localhost: ${port}`));
And this is the information in my package.json file:
{
"name": "bookvisor-backend",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "server.js",
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
"start": "nodemon server.js"
},
"author": "ozan",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.17.1",
"mongoose": "^5.11.18"
},
"devDependencies":{
"nodemon": "^2.0.7"
}
}
This is the error message displayed:
import express from 'express' ;
^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:23)
at Object.Module._extensions..js
(internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)
at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:623:3)
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
Why am I getting this error?