How to fix the error "unexpected token "{". import call expects exactly one argument"
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Here is how to fix the error SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'. import call expects exactly one argument.
Here is how I solved the “SyntaxError: Unexpected token ’{’. import call expects exactly one argument.” error.
I had this problem in Safari. The same problem in Chrome is shown as “Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module”, but the cause is the same.
I was trying to load a script that used ES module style imports, when I noticed the script was not loading, and I had this error in the browser console:
"SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'. import call expects exactly one argument."
All I had to do to fix this was to use
<script type="module" src="./file.js"></script>
instead of
<script src="./file.js"></script>
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