I am getting a Syntax error in mail.js when I copied the sample sendgrid code and tried to run it on my server
const sgMail = require('@sendgrid/mail');
sgMail.setApiKey(process.env.SENDGRID_API_KEY);
const msg = {
to: '[email protected]',
from: '[email protected]',
subject: 'Sending with SendGrid is Fun',
text: 'and easy to do anywhere, even with Node.js',
html: '<strong>and easy to do anywhere, even with Node.js</strong>',
};
sgMail.send(msg);
Last step:
Run the code
# node sendgrid.js
/root/scripts/node_modules/@sendgrid/mail/src/mail.js:6
const {
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/root/scripts/sendgrid.js:1:78)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
# npm list |grep sendgrid
├─┬ @sendgrid/[email protected]
│ ├─┬ @sendgrid/[email protected]
│ │ ├── @sendgrid/[email protected] deduped
│ └─┬ @sendgrid/[email protected]
├─┬ [email protected]
│ └── [email protected]
npm ERR! extraneous: [email protected] /root/scripts/node_modules/jsprim/node_modules/assert-plus
npm ERR! extraneous: [email protected] /root/scripts/node_modules/verror/node_modules/assert-plus
npm ERR! extraneous: [email protected] /root/scripts/node_modules/dashdash/node_modules/assert-plus
npm ERR! extraneous: [email protected] /root/scripts/node_modules/getpass/node_modules/assert-plus
npm ERR! extraneous: [email protected] /root/scripts/node_modules/sshpk/node_modules/assert-plus
# npm -v
5.3.0
# node -v
v4.8.4
# echo $SENDGRID_API_KEY
SG.jyr8dVjFTBO4MayuTAS_zA.7a9Qg_XXXXXX
Hello @kiranshashiny,
I believe this is not working for you because v6 of this SDK does not support Node v4.
Do you have access to a machine that uses Node v6 or higher?
With Best Regards,
Elmer
This is correct, the error is happening on a destructuring statement which is not supported in Node 4.
I upgraded to node 8.x and it works.
Closing the issue as the fix was to upgrade.
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Hello @kiranshashiny,
I believe this is not working for you because v6 of this SDK does not support Node v4.
Do you have access to a machine that uses Node v6 or higher?
With Best Regards,
Elmer