I am trying to call the cloudinary module to resize an image. This is my code:
import cloudinary from 'cloudinary';
var cl = new cloudinary.Cloudinary({ cloud_name: "username", secure: true });
new CloudinaryImage("pingu.jpg").resize(scale().width(70).height(53));
Here's the error I'm getting:
(node:29424) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
c:\Users\...\perspective\cloud.js:1
import cloudinary from 'cloudinary';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1018:16)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1066:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1131:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:807:14)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:76:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47
[Done] exited with code=1 in 0.183 seconds
Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this specific error?
'Import' can only be used when the Node.JS file is ran as a module. Go to your package.json, and add in a key 'type' and the value 'module'.
{
"name": "test",
"version": "1.0.0",
"dependencies": {
...
}
}
to
{
"name": "test",
"version": "1.0.0",
"dependencies": {
...
},
"type": "module"
}
Alternatively, you could change your code from and then you don't need to edit your 'package.json' file
import something from Something
to
const something = require('Something')
Use commonJs:
const cloudinary = require('cloudinary');