Getting a syntax error when trying to run example typescript file

[JonoSuave]

I edited the team-as-user.ts file and tried to run the following from the typescript directory (i.e. node team-as-user/team-as-user.ts):
import { Dropbox } from "dropbox";

const accessToken =
"sl.****";

const dbx = new Dropbox({ accessToken });
dbx
.teamMembersList({
limit: 500,
include_removed: false,
})
.then((data) => {
console.log(data);
});

I got the following error:
import { Dropbox } from "dropbox";
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1001:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1049:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runimport { Dropbox } from "dropbox";
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1001:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1049:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:75:12)

I also ran npm run build successfully and still the same error. What am I doing wrong?

[greg-db]

Thanks for writing this in and apologies for the trouble.

Please try it out like this and let us know if that does or doesn't help:

$ cd dropbox-sdk-js
$ npm install
$ npm run build:cjs
$ cd examples
$ cd typescript
$ npm install # needed to reference dbx in ancestor folder
$ node team-as-user # or any other example

[JonoSuave]

That's good progress. How do I recompile the index.js file within the team-as-user folder?

[JonoSuave]

Looks like I had to rename the team-as-user.ts file to index.js and include the source mapping comment at the bottom to get the tsc transpiler to update the index.js correctly.

[greg-db]

Thanks for following up. I'm glad to hear you got this working.

For reference though, the team took a look and said that you may want to:

1. Run npm run build in examples/typescript
2. Run node dist/team-as-user/team-as-user