async await with nodejs 7

Question

I\'ve installed nodejs 7.3.0 and I have this code:

let getContent = function (url) {
    // return new pending promise         


        

Answer 1

Node 7.3.0 does not support async/await without a feature flag. Spawning node like this should do the trick:

node --harmony-async-await app.js

EDIT

Node now officially supports async/await by default in version 7.6.0, which comes from updating V8, Chromium’s JavaScript engine, to version 5.5.