I got a problem with import in js for a discord bot. This is a part of my code :

import * as Discord from "discord.js";
import * as fs from "fs";

import config from "./config.json";

const client = new Discord.Client();

But, i got an error :

import * as Discord from "discord.js";
       ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token *
    at Module._pile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:23)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
    at internal/modules/esm/translators.js:100:15
    at Object.meta.done (internal/modules/esm/create_dynamic_module.js:48:9)
    at file:///C:/Users/Teo/Desktop/altv-server/resources/discord/bot/index.js:9:13
    at ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:111:37)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:89:5)
    at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:131:24)

I don't know why I'm getting this error. Can someone help me to solve my issue ?

I got a problem with import in js for a discord bot. This is a part of my code :

import * as Discord from "discord.js";
import * as fs from "fs";

import config from "./config.json";

const client = new Discord.Client();

But, i got an error :

import * as Discord from "discord.js";
       ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token *
    at Module._pile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:23)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
    at internal/modules/esm/translators.js:100:15
    at Object.meta.done (internal/modules/esm/create_dynamic_module.js:48:9)
    at file:///C:/Users/Teo/Desktop/altv-server/resources/discord/bot/index.js:9:13
    at ModuleJob.run (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:111:37)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:89:5)
    at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:131:24)

I don't know why I'm getting this error. Can someone help me to solve my issue ?

• javascript
• import
• discord.js

3 Answers 3

According to dicord.js documentation since they released their package as a mon js package in order to load it, you should use ES5 importing style with require.

So it should be like this:

const Discord = require('discord.js');

Have you tried using the Require Library?

You can't selectively load only the pieces you need with require but with imports, you can selectively load only the pieces you need. That can save memory.

const Discord = require('discord.js/browser');

You can try:

const { Client, Events, GatewayIntentBits } = require("discord.js");

source: // https://discordjs.guide/additional-info/es6-syntax.html#template-literals