SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

[JimLynchCodes]

Hi,

I copy the example code into and example file named "test,js" and call it with this:

node test.js

and code

const chromeless = new Chromeless({ remote: true })

const screenshot = await chromeless
    .goto('https://www.graph.cool')
    .scrollTo(0, 2000)
    .screenshot()

console.log(screenshot)

await chromeless.end()

But it gives me this error:

♘ node test.js 
/Users/jameslynch/chromeless-test/test.js:3
const screenshot = await chromeless
                         ^^^^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:599:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:554:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:489:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:676:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:608:3

I am using node v8.9.3 on macos.

[MaksJS]

your code should be in an async function wrapper

async function run() {
// your code here
}

run().catch(console.error.bind(console))

[JimLynchCodes]

Thanks @MaksJS, but the code already is in an async function wrapper.

As I above above I am using the sample code:

const { Chromeless } = require('chromeless')

async function run() {
  const chromeless = new Chromeless()

  const screenshot = await chromeless
    .goto('https://www.google.com')
    .type('chromeless', 'input[name="q"]')
    .press(13)
    .wait('#resultStats')
    .screenshot()

  console.log(screenshot) // prints local file path or S3 url

  await chromeless.end()
}

run().catch(console.error.bind(console))

and getting the errors.

[JimLynchCodes]

Can I just run node test.js or do I need some special babel plugin?

[MaksJS]

no problem for me with node v8.9.3 and MacOS, also ok with v7.10.0

looks surprising since it doesn't recognize ES7 "await" syntax, you sure you're not using node v6.0 or lower ? maybe you haven't switch node version if you're using nvm check it with node -v

[JimLynchCodes]

Thanks. As I said in the original post I'm using v8.9.3. Await is not yet included in ES7 so I would not expect it to recognize await.

[JimLynchCodes]

I think you must have some special addition to your node installation that allows it to recognize async + await.

[JimLynchCodes]

Although, it is working fine on my windows with node v8.9.3 :/