import express from 'express'; SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

node.js express import nodemon
Ari picture Ari · Feb 12, 2019 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

I don't understand what is wrong. Node v5.6.0 NPM v3.10.6

The code: 

function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) {
    import express from 'express'
};

The error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:387:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:447:10)
    at startup (node.js:140:18)
    at node.js:1001:3

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