Node.js, Express.js - unexpected token {

Question

My app crashes every time it reaches this line:

const {name, price} = req.query;
        ^

can\'t seem to locate the exact answer..here is the

Answer 1

According to node.green, the object destructuring with primitives syntax works after Node.JS v6.4.0, and throws the Unexpected Token { on Node.js versions below that.

Also, the object rest/spread properties only works out of the box from Node v8.6.0. It works in v8.2.1 with the --harmony flag, and throws the Unexpected Token ... on Node.js versions below that.

Answer 2

You tried to use destructuring assignment. AFAIK its support by nodejs v.6+ from a box and from 4.2.2 with flag --harmony_destructuring