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JavaScript

Posted by Kip Yin
Kip Yin
4,847 Points

`import` and `export`

So I have 2 js files set up like this:

// module.js
export {CONST1, CONST2};

// constant declarations for`CONST1` and CONST2 `.

// main.js
import { CONST1, CONST2 } from "/scripts/module.js";

// functions and other things involving `CONST1` and `CONST2`.

Both files are under "/scripts/". And main.js is referenced in index.html:

...
<script src="scripts/main.js"></script>
...

When I run this on my local server, I got an error message on my console:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'. import call expects exactly one argument.

I've read the official documentation on imports and also looked up on MDN import and export, and still don't get why there is a SyntaxError (unless Safari does not support ES6?).

Or is there a more standard way to use functions and variables from another file?

Romain Gaget
Romain Gaget
24,449 Points

Which version of Safari are you using? you can use it from version Safari 10.1. https://jakearchibald.com/2017/es-modules-in-browsers/

Kip Yin
Kip Yin
4,847 Points

The link is very helpful. I missed type="module" in my script tag.