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JavaScript Build a REST API With Express Building API Routes in Express Building the Question Routes

nishantr
nishantr
6,326 Points
Posted by nishantr
nishantr
6,326 Points

getting an error

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16) at Module._compile (module.js:373:25) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10) at Module.load (module.js:343:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12) at Module.require (module.js:353:17) at require (internal/module.js:12:17) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\projects\qa-rest-api\app.js:5:14) at Module._compile (module.js:409:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)

if i run the server i am getting this error

Fábio Nascimento
Fábio Nascimento
10,418 Points
Fábio Nascimento
Fábio Nascimento
10,418 Points

Can you paste the contents of vm.js around line 53?

Fernando Nazario
Fernando Nazario
5,553 Points
Fernando Nazario
Fernando Nazario
5,553 Points

We can't tell exactly we your error is, unless you print your code here, but just by seeing the error, it's probably something with the module.exports ou require() in one or more of your js files

1 Answer

Tom Geraghty
Tom Geraghty
24,174 Points
Tom Geraghty
Tom Geraghty
24,174 Points

Pasting in your error the first place to look would be app.js, line 5, the character 14 spaces from the left margin

C:\projects\qa-rest-api\app.js:5:14