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Quality Assurance Introduction to Selenium Test Drive Selenium Installation

Posted by parth patel
parth patel
1,862 Points

Syntax Error for the first line of code

When i do const selenium = require("selenium-webdriver");

i get this error: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

this is happening in workspace

2 Answers

michael williams
michael williams
19,492 Points
michael williams
michael williams
19,492 Points

is it saying "unexpected token" on that exact one or "unexpected token near" that one?

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Although this is over a year old someone may come across this like I did. The reason you see that error is you need to enter the Node REPL first by entering node at the treehouse:~/workspace$ prompt. Then the prompt will change from treehouse:~/workspace$ to >.