SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module using puppeteer - node.js

Question

Hello I keep trying to run the puppeteer test but keep getting this issue. Please help thanks.enter image description here
code:
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
(async () => {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://developers.google.com/web/');
// Type into search box.
await page.type('.devsite-search-field', 'Headless Chrome');
// Wait for suggest overlay to appear and click "show all results".
const allResultsSelector = '.devsite-suggest-all-results';
await page.waitForSelector(allResultsSelector);
await page.click(allResultsSelector);
// Wait for the results page to load and display the results.
const resultsSelector = '.gsc-results .gs-title';
await page.waitForSelector(resultsSelector);
// Extract the results from the page.
const links = await page.evaluate(resultsSelector => {
return [...document.querySelectorAll(resultsSelector)].map(anchor => {
const title = anchor.textContent.split('|')[0].trim();
return `${title} - ${anchor.href}`;
});
}, resultsSelector);
// Print all the files.
console.log(links.join('\n'));
await browser.close();
})();
error:
SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:74:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1128:20)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1169:27)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1259:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1068:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:909:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:82:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47
I have tried reinstalling node js and npm but nothing has worked.

Answer 1

{
"name": "my-app",
"version": "0.0.0",
"type": "module",
"scripts": { ...
},
...
}
Add type:module in your package.json file or install the latest Nodejs