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TheGame
TheGame

Reputation: 111

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module when run gulp server / gulp watch in my ruby project

On my ruby project when I try to run gulp (gulp server, gulp watch) I have the following error : 

Users/workspace/website2019/gulpfile.babel.js:1
import del from 'del';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

I don't get how can I fix it, if someone could help me please,

Upvotes: 5

Views: 9693

Answers (2)

Alexandr Elvz Lopata
Alexandr Elvz Lopata

Reputation: 77

make sure you have this line in package.json

"type": "module"

Upvotes: 6

iocast
iocast

Reputation: 96

you use babel transpilation with gulp because of the file gulpfile.babel.js For this reason you need to install babel. according to the documentation you need @babel/register and @babel/preset-env for transpiling your import syntax.

So run the following command in your project folder

npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/register

Afterwards create the babel configuration file .babelrc in the root folder and add the following lines to it

{
  "presets": [
    [
      "@babel/preset-env",
      {
        "targets": {
          "node": "current"
        }
      }
    ]
  ]
}

Upvotes: 4

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