I am trying to setup firebase and firestore for the first time
I have been trying for a few days now to get this to work with no success. Having followed all the docs on installing Firebase and firestore SDK9 modular system I still get this error.
Code
import { initializeApp } from "firebase/app";
Error:
Unexpected token '{'. import call expects exactly one argument.
Make sure that you've set module type in <script> tag if you are using import, for example:
<script type="module" src="index.js"> </script>
And if you are using nodejs you should use the latest version of nodejs and indicate module type in package.json:
{
"name": "Testing app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Testing application",
"main": "index.js",
"type": "module"
}
I have installed the latest Node Js again version v14.17.6 and installed Firebase again using npm.
I have added type: module to package.json.
First error I got was ...
TypeError: Module specifier, 'firebase/app' does not start with "/", "./", or "../".
I cleared this error by editing the index.js file and changing
import {initializeApp} from "firebase/app";
to
import {initializeApp} from "/node_modules/firebase/app";
In the index.html file I also added
<script type="module" src="index.js"> </script>
I now get the error 'text/html' is not a valid JavaScript MIME type.
This is my package.json code
{
"name": "firebasev9",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"type": "module",
"keywords": [],
"author": "IBP",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"firebase": "^9.0.2"
}
}
I am trying to follow the setup instructions on https://firebase.google.com/docs/web/setup but they never mention either of these errors I keep getting.