node.js – How do I enable import support in node js?

Question:

I'm writing a code

import create from './create'

And I have an error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token import

I start the server like this

node server

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You can add the node –experimental-modules server parameter AND rename the server.js file to server.mjs. But then require stops working.

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Is it possible to somehow customize this default behavior? In order not to write unnecessary arguments. For both module and require to work?

Answer:

Excerpt from Node.js v10.8.0 documentation :

The --experimental-modules flag can be used to enable functions for loading ESM modules.

Once this is installed, files ending in .mjs will be loaded as ES modules.

 node --experimental-modules my-app.mjs