What else need to import module in Node?

Question

I try to use express in my application.

import express from 'express';

So I added it to package.json.

  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "express-graphql": "^0.9.0",

Executed yarn. But still I get an error when starting yarn. Do you know why?

Possible duplicate of [Importing node.js module - SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55002755/importing-node-js-module-syntaxerror-unexpected-identifier) — Peter, Aug 27 '19 at 13:20
either switch to `const express = require('express')` or read the above article to setup a compilation step — Peter, Aug 27 '19 at 13:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '19 at 13:20

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const express = require('express');

answered Aug 27 '19 at 13:20

h11

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '19 at 13:23

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The reason it doesn't work is Node doesn't support ES6 imports yet. This link discribes how to enable imports for Node. Another recommendation would be to use require.

const express = require('express');

answered Aug 27 '19 at 13:23

MartinKT

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What else need to import module in Node?

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