I have a file call find.js, and I run with node find.js, my node is version 10 I have no clue why I fail to use async await.

const axios = require("axios");

const execute = async () => {
  let searchResult;
  try {
    searchResult = await axios.post(
      "",
      {
        ids: [12,31],
      },
      {
        headers: {
          "Accept-Language": "en-US",
        },
      }
    );
  } catch (error) {
    console.log("error", error);
  }

  return searchResult;
};

console.log(await execute()); // error on this line

I have a file call find.js, and I run with node find.js, my node is version 10 I have no clue why I fail to use async await.

const axios = require("axios");

const execute = async () => {
  let searchResult;
  try {
    searchResult = await axios.post(
      "https://example.io/car",
      {
        ids: [12,31],
      },
      {
        headers: {
          "Accept-Language": "en-US",
        },
      }
    );
  } catch (error) {
    console.log("error", error);
  }

  return searchResult;
};

console.log(await execute()); // error on this line

• javascript
• ecmascript-6
• axios

• 2 put await execute() inside an async func – Donald Wu Commented Apr 17, 2020 at 4:16
• The await keyword can only be used inside an async function… – deceze ♦ Commented Apr 17, 2020 at 4:17

2 Answers 2

Because an async function returns an implicit Promise, you can change this:

console.log(await execute());

To this:

execute().then(res => console.log(res));

Otherwise, you would need to have your call to execute inside of another async function because await can only be used inside of async functions.

put the execute func inside async function

async function test() {
 const result = await execute();
 console.log("result = ", result);
}

test();