[SOLVED] `Unexpected token 'export'` error in function

I'm not sure if I'm doing anything wrong with the syntax. I've copied one of the example codes and removed the logic and left only 2 lines of log to test it. Below is the code

export default async function ({ req, res, log, error }) {
  log("Request received");

  log("--------");

  log("Request Object: ==>>", req);

  return res.send("Hello World");
}

any idea why I'm getting this error? any help will be appreciated

To what version of Appwrite you're deploying this function?

the latest version. 1.4.2

• How have you created the function?
• What version is your Appwrite cli?

1. Functions tab -> create function -> manually -> uploaded the tar file -> specified entry point (index.js) -> create -> activate
2. i did it manually from the console cuz it was only for testing to check what info i get in the context object

It think it may be a node version problem

Is this function from before 1.4?

What is that tar file includes?
It's recommend using the latest version of Appwrite cli > 4.0.0 and deploy a function using this method.

I am also facing the same issue 😦

Update: Changing the entry point filename from "index.js" to "index.mjs" solved the issue 🙂

That might be the case. appwrite currently uses Node v16 which is now end of life, according to this post

nope. i copied this code from the official doc and removed all the logic and kept only 3 logs to test it out

This is the function for the deployment. I meant did you create this function before or after 1.4?

shown in the ss. node_modules doesn't have any modules actually
and about deploying with Appwrite cli, I wonder what difference it makes when we do manual deployment. I've used the manual deployment before (before 1.4) and it worked well

after 1.4

Update: Changing the entry point filename from "index.js" to "index.mjs" solved the issue 🙂
I just tried and it worked for me as well. but i wonder what the issue was in the first place

What's in your package.json ?

What if you add type like here: https://github.com/appwrite/templates/blob/8ed54e059cb44c68059fe8bbca0bf76ea077f283/node/starter/package.json#L6

yeah it works now. just like @RAKU suggestion, we needed to convert it to a module. but i wonder what's the problem when we don't keep it as a module?

Maybe it defaults to common js which has a different syntax

[SOLVED] Unexpected token 'export' error in function