discord.js - Imagine an app•3mo ago

Creating first bot and ran into problem

Ive already done nmp i and installed discord.js in the terminal (using VSC) and when i try to run my code it says cannot run import statement outside a module

import {Discord} from 'discord.js';
const client = new Discord.Client();

client.on('ready', () => {
  console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
});

client.on('message', message => {
  // Here is where you need to code
  if(message.content == "Node.js is cool") {
    message.channel.send("Yea!");
  }
});

client.login("TOKEN");

import {Discord} from 'discord.js';
const client = new Discord.Client();

client.on('ready', () => {
  console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
});

client.on('message', message => {
  // Here is where you need to code
  if(message.content == "Node.js is cool") {
    message.channel.send("Yea!");
  }
});

client.login("TOKEN");

i did replace token with the actual token

7 Replies

d.js toolkit•3mo ago

- What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version? - Not a discord.js issue? Check out #other-js-ts. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button!

Mark•3mo ago

a) this syntax is v12 at best, what version are you actually using? b) import is only available in esm and typescript, you want to use require statements

taint goblin•3mo ago

discord.js@14.15.3 i used a template i found on replit so that might be why it looks v12

Mark•3mo ago

dunno where you got this code from, but it is extremely outdated. i suggest you read the official d.js guide instead of some random resource

taint goblin•3mo ago

are you talking about this

d.js docs•3mo ago

:guide: Getting Started: Introduction read more

jakub•3mo ago

import is only available in esm and typescript, you want to use require statements

well, if they're using import, they are using ESM so ok yeah this is the point when you add type: "module" because legacy stuff

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