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Spread Operator throws SyntaxError even after Babel Configuration in Webstorm 2018.3

Webstorm / OS

Webstorm 2018.3/Windows 10

Node/NPM

v8.0.0/6.4.1

Steps followed

  1. JetBrains ECMAScript6 in Webstorm Babel FileWatcher

    I added Babel through the steps

  2. For a local repository I installed npm i --save-dev @babel/cli @babel/core @babel/preset-env @babel/plugin-object-proposed-rest-spread

  3. added .babelrc in the root folder with following:

     {
   "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"],
   "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread"]
 }

  4. Configured my Run Configuration for npm start since my package.json has "start": nodemon app.js in it.

Application

I am using mongoose to store and obtain information from MongoDB and using GraphQL to provide an endpoint for queries/mutation

here is one of my mutation (function) within my code:

 createEvent: (args) => {
            const event = new Event({
               title: args.eventInput.title,
               description: args.eventInput.description,
               price: +args.eventInput.price,
               date: new Date(args.eventInput.date)
            });
            return event
                .save()
                .then(result => {
                    console.log(result);
                    return { ...result._doc };
                })
                .catch(err => {
                    console.log(err);
                    throw err;
                });
        }

Error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...

Steps Followed Again

According to SE Query to Configure Babel with Webstorm for node.js project I tried creating a node.js app but I now get an Error:

 Error: querySrv ENOTFOUND _mongodb._tcp.undefined-p8e7q.mongodb.net
  at errnoException (dns.js:50:10)
    at QueryReqWrap.onresolve [as oncomplete] (dns.js:244:19)
  code: 'ENOTFOUND',
  errno: 'ENOTFOUND',
  syscall: 'querySrv',
  hostname: '_mongodb._tcp.undefined-p8e7q.mongodb.net'

I now instead replace { ...result._doc } with return result._doc and the code works fine but I wish to use the spread operator within other blocks of code.

I understand that the error has nothing to do with Webstorm but I do not see any other alternative to this problem

Edit

File Watcher Babel File Watcher for WebStorm

NPM Configuration NPM Configuration

Node.js Configuration created by right-click on app.js file and Create 'app.js' from menu. I installed npm i --save-dev @babel/register and changed it to -r @babel/register as mentioned in the blog Node JS configuration

app.js

const express = require('express'); // Add Express Module
const bodyParser = require('body-parser'); // Add Body-Parser Middleware for JSON handling in Requests
const graphqlHttp = require('express-graphql'); // Add Middleware for GraphQL Resolvers over Express HTTP
const { buildSchema } = require('graphql'); // Javascript Object-Destructuring (pull objects from packages)
const mongoose = require('mongoose'); // MongoDB Third-Party package


const Event = require('./models/event'); // MongoDB Event Model

const app = express();

app.use(bodyParser.json()); // JSON parsing Middleware added

app.use('/graphql', graphqlHttp({
    schema: buildSchema(`
        type Event {
            _id: ID!
            title: String!
            description: String!
            price: Float!
            date: String!
        }

        input EventInput {
            title: String!
            description: String!
            price: Float!
            date: String!
        }

        type RootQuery {
            events: [Event!]!
        }

        type RootMutation {
            createEvent(eventInput: EventInput): Event
        }

        schema {
            query: RootQuery
            mutation: RootMutation
        }
    `),
    rootValue: {
        events: () => {
            return Event.find()
                .then(events => {
                    return events.map( event => {
                        event._doc._id = event.id;
                        return event._doc;
                    });
                })
                .catch(err => {
                    console.log(err);
                    throw err;
                })
        },
        createEvent: (args) => {
            const event = new Event({
               title: args.eventInput.title,
               description: args.eventInput.description,
               price: +args.eventInput.price,
               date: new Date(args.eventInput.date)
            });
            return event
                .save()
                .then(result => {
                    console.log(result);
                    return { ...result._doc };
                    // return result._doc
                })
                .catch(err => {
                    console.log(err);
                    throw err;
                });

        }
    },
    graphiql: true
}));

mongoose.connect(
    `mongodb+srv://${process.env.MONGO_USER}:${process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD}@${process.env.MONGO_CLUSTER_NAME}-p8e7q.mongodb.net/${process.env.MONGO_DB_NAME}?retryWrites=true`)
    .then( () => {
        app.listen(3000);
    }).catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
    });

package.json

I added some weird babel packages as some desperate attempt to get it up and running which is in dev-dependencies

{
  "name": "graphql-express-app",
  "version": "0.0.4",
  "description": "Academind's YouTube Series on GraphQL-Express-React",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "nodemon app.js"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "graphql",
    "express",
    "node.js"
  ],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "@babel/preset-stage-2": "^7.0.0",
    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.24.1",
    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    "express-graphql": "^0.7.1",
    "graphql": "^14.0.2",
    "mongoose": "^5.4.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.2.3",
    "@babel/core": "^7.2.2",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread": "^7.2.0",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.2.3",
    "@babel/register": "^7.0.0",
    "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-destructuring": "^6.23.0",
    "babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^6.26.0",
    "nodemon": "^1.18.9"
  }
}
Solution

  • I stripped down your example and added a minimal version of what you need to get it up and running.

    Basically what you're missing is the part where babel actually goes and transpiles your code. I don't know if webstorm does that for you, I'm using VS code.

    .babelrc:

    {
    "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"],
    "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread"]
}

    package.json (deps and scripts only, rest ommited):

    "scripts": {
  "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
  "start": "nodemon --exec babel-node app.js"
},
"devDependencies": {
  "@babel/core": "^7.2.2",
  "@babel/node": "^7.2.2",
  "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread": "^7.2.0",
  "@babel/preset-env": "^7.2.3",
  "nodemon": "^1.18.9"
}

    Minimal app.js:

    const o = {
  a: 'a',
  b: 'b',
};
const o2 = { ...o };
console.log(o2);
// Outputs: { a: 'a', b: 'b' }

    You can save yourself from having to transpile nodejs code by using a recent version. The spread operator is supported in node from version 8.6.0 up: https://node.green/#ES2018-features-object-rest-spread-properties

    Hope that helps!