Below has the details , tried multiple updates, still no luck works in VS code but not in gcp - cloud run package.json

{
  "name": "whatsappendpoint-test2",
  "type" : "module",
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=14.0.0"
  },
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": {
    "@google-cloud/functions-framework": "^3.0.0"
   
  }
}

Code

export function test(req, res) {
    import {MY_CONST} from './consts.js';
    console.log(test)
    res.send('Hello world');
};

BUILD ERROR

Running "node --check index.js"enter code here
/workspace/index.js:4
import {MY_CONST} from './consts.js'
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'
at checkSyntax (node:internal/main/check_syntax:74:5)
Node.js v22.14.0

Below has the details , tried multiple updates, still no luck works in VS code but not in gcp - cloud run package.json

{
  "name": "whatsappendpoint-test2",
  "type" : "module",
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=14.0.0"
  },
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": {
    "@google-cloud/functions-framework": "^3.0.0"
   
  }
}

Code

export function test(req, res) {
    import {MY_CONST} from './consts.js';
    console.log(test)
    res.send('Hello world');
};

BUILD ERROR

Running "node --check index.js"enter code here
/workspace/index.js:4
import {MY_CONST} from './consts.js'
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'
at checkSyntax (node:internal/main/check_syntax:74:5)
Node.js v22.14.0

• javascript
• node.js
• google-cloud-platform
• google-cloud-functions

• import {MY_CONST} from './consts.js'; isn't correct in that line. You can't have static imports inside function bodies. What does "works in VS code" mean? How do you run this invalid code in VS Code? – jabaa Commented Mar 18 at 15:30

1 Answer 1

This bug is easy to explain if you look at the documentation on import:

import declarations can only be present in modules, and only at the top-level (i.e. not inside blocks, functions, etc.).

You can fix this bug by moving this line out of the function test to the top-level scope, for example, to the top of the file:

import {MY_CONST} from './consts.js';

//...
// use MY_CONST