Bug report: NodeAPI npm version 9.0.2, nodejs 10.13.0 "import chef" -> SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

[fletcher2]

Describe the bug

node <<<'import chef from "cyberchef";'
[stdin]:1
import chef from "cyberchef";
       ^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at new Script (vm.js:79:7)
    at createScript (vm.js:251:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> ([stdin]-wrapper:6:22)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
    at evalScript (internal/bootstrap/node.js:582:27)
    at ReadStream.<anonymous> (internal/bootstrap/node.js:325:15)
    at ReadStream.emit (events.js:187:15)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1094:12)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)

node -v
v10.13.0

npm info cyberchef

cyberchef@9.0.2 | Apache-2.0 | deps: 66 | versions: 202
...

[d98762625]

What's the use case here? I've only tested imports with .mjs extension files and the --experimental-modules flag for v10.x.x:

node --experimental-modules filename.mjs

[madelaine2]

He's just following the wiki article for Node API:
https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/wiki/Node-API

Decode a Base64 encoded-string

import chef from "cyberchef";

chef.fromBase64("U28gbG9uZyBhbmQgdGhhbmtzIGZvciBhbGwgdGhlIGZpc2gu").toString();

That merely seems to be wrong usage?

nvm install 10.13
node --experimental-modules 
> (node:20277) ExperimentalWarning: The ESM module loader is experimental.
> import chef from "cyberchef";
import chef from "cyberchef";
       ^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

[d98762625]

Ah apologies, I didn't make it clear that all those snippets are to be run inside .js or .mjs files (depending on whether you use import or require).

A working example of that snippet you have is:

// inside test.mjs
import chef from "cyberchef"
console.log(chef.fromBase64("U28gbG9uZyBhbmQgdGhhbmtzIGZvciBhbGwgdGhlIGZpc2gu"))

Then to make the environment to run it:

mkdir new-project && cd new-project
npm init // yes to all defaults
npm install --save cyberchef
// create test.mjs with above content. Then:
node --experimental-modules test.mjs