SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'

[huan]

TL;DR: Update Node.js to version 16+

If you saw the following error messages:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
    at Loader.moduleStrategy (internal/modules/esm/translators.js:140:18)

Then please check the version of your Node.js:

node --version

• 10
• 12
• 14
• 16

If the version is below 14, then you need to upgrade Node.js to version 14 or above (16 is recommended).

Wechaty requires Node.js 14+ since version 0.69

[holylander]

thanks mate! this was really helpful for me :9

[huan]

You are welcome!

[OmerAtayilmaz]

Thanks :)

[kasm]

What if I already have Node version 16.15.0 but this error still exists?

[Zadag]

@kasm Did you find a solution?

[mrpatrickwest]

Has anyone found a solution for this? I'm running node 16.13.0 and still getting these errors.

[manusharmaappfoster]

I am using v14.21.3
and facing same issue

[Zadag]

@manusharmaappfoster The easiest fix is updating to 16+

[dzekin22]

If the bot stops and has got an address then how do we enter the mnemonic phrase?

[Parnia-mohammadi]

I have the same problem,I want to use vs code in windows 7 so i should use node.js version 13.14.0. now when i want to use vite for creating app, it send this error to me. what can i do now?
SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
←[90m at Loader.moduleStrategy (internal/modules/esm/translators.js:81:18)←[39m

[Mhdnoor06]

Did any of you find the solution, i tried upgrading to different versions like 16, 18, 20 the error message is same for all.

node:20596) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '??='
at Loader.moduleStrategy (internal/modules/esm/translators.js:145:18)
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
(node:20596) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag --unhandled-rejections=strict (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:20596) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.