Babel 6 regeneratorRuntime is not defined

Question

I\'m trying to use async, await from scratch on Babel 6, but I\'m getting regeneratorRuntime is not defined.

.babelrc file

{
    \"presets\": [ \"es2         


        

Answer 1

Update: The Babel 7 post also has a more in-depth answer.

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Babel 7.4.0 or later (core-js 2 / 3)

As of Babel 7.4.0, @babel/polyfill is deprecated.

In general, there are two ways to install polyfills/regenerator: via global namespace (Option 1) or as ponyfill (Option 2, without global pollution).

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Option 1: @babel/preset-env

presets: [
  ["@babel/preset-env", {
    "useBuiltIns": "usage",
    "corejs": 3, // or 2,
    "targets": {
        "firefox": "64", // or whatever target to choose .    
    },
  }]
]

will automatically use regenerator-runtime and core-js according to your target. No need to import anything manually. Don't forget to install runtime dependencies:

npm i --save regenerator-runtime core-js

Alternatively, set useBuiltIns: "entry" and import it manually:

import "regenerator-runtime/runtime";
import "core-js/stable"; // if polyfills are also needed

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Option 2: @babel/transform-runtime with @babel/runtime

This alternative has no global scope pollution and is suitable for libraries.

{
  "plugins": [
    [
      "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime",
      {
        "regenerator": true,
        "corejs": 3 // or 2; if polyfills needed
        ...
      }
    ]
  ]
}

Install it:

npm i -D @babel/plugin-transform-runtime
npm i @babel/runtime

If corejs polyfill is used, you replace @babel/runtime with @babel/runtime-corejs2 (for "corejs": 2) or @babel/runtime-corejs3 (for "corejs": 3).