Unexpected Identifier

[nmbarker]

Unexpected Identifier

[rainrivas]

I have the same problem with trying to run the sample code block.

// index.js
const prompts = require('prompts');

const response = await prompts({
    type: 'number',
    name: 'value',
    message: 'How old are you?'
});

console.log(response); // => { value: 23 }

then I try calling node index.js and see the following error

const response = await prompts({
                       ^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:607:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:654:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:556:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:499:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:491:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:684:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:608:3

Node and NPM version:

$ node -v;npm -v
v8.9.4
5.6.0

EDIT : I installed everything and I see prompts printed with npm ls

[lukeed]

Hey guys,

Prompts requires that you be in Node 7.6 or later. Although, since 7.6 isn't an LTS release, you should be on 8.x or later.

Version 7.6 was when native AsyncFunction was introduced.

Also, if you're trying to run the examples as is, they're meant to be illustrative. They need to be run within an async function, which is standard/required usage for the two.

You can see #18 for a little more follow up~!

[nmbarker]

@lukeed I fixed my issue thank you for your help. I just needed to incase it in a async function and change a few things. Maybe include an actual example in the main readme just so people can have something to start off with.