I am making my first Discord bot using Javascript. I decided to use a .env
file to hide my token so I can push the files to Github. To do that I had to use the dotenv
library. When I try to import that library, I get an error.
import { config } from ‘dotenv’; ^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
I get this error with the first import statement only, I know that when I switch them I get the same error but with the other one.
(I am using nodemon, Discord.js and dotenv only)
import { config } from 'dotenv';
import { Client } from 'discord.js';
config();
const client = new Client({ intents: ['Guilds', 'GuildMessages'] });
const TOKEN = process.env.t;
client.login(TOKEN);
Here is my code.
What did I do wrong?
How do I fix this?
How do I prevent this in the future?
Is there a more efficient way?
>Solution :
Add "type": "module" to your package.json file.
or
<script type="module" src="your script addres"></script>
or use require
const config = require('dotenv')