[eslint][node.js] eslint-disable not working - node.js

Question

I'm trying to disable eslint for a line of code but to no effect.
I tried to tackle the problem as in eslint docs. One approach, used in C:...somepath...\index.js:
/* eslint-disable */
const fetch = (url, init) =>
import('node-fetch').then(({ default: fetch }) => fetch(url, init));
/* eslint-enable */
And another approach, used in C:\Users...somepath...\shared\index.js:
// eslint-disable-next-line
const fetch = (url, init) => import('node-fetch').then(({ default: fetch }) => fetch(url, init));
None of them seem to work as while running npx eslint "**/*.js" I keep on getting:
C:\...somepath...\index.js
6:32 error Parsing error: Unexpected token import
C:\Users\...somepath...\shared\index.js
11:7 error Parsing error: Unexpected token import
I'm using commonjs, and yes, I know that import is not designed to be used out of es modules but according to node-fetch documentation I can do so and the solution is working fine. Yet, eslint is still throwing errors. After failing to add some rules ignoring importing, I decided to just disable the problematic pieces of code.
I'm extending airbnb and my .eslintrc is as simple as that:
{
"extends": "airbnb"
}
Relevant dependencies/devDependencies in package.json:
"dependencies": {
"node": "^16.17.0",
"node-fetch": "^3.2.10",
"npm": "^8.19.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.36.2",
"#typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.36.2",
"eslint": "^8.2.0",
"eslint-config-airbnb": "^19.0.4",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.5.1",
"eslint-plugin-react": "^7.28.0",
"eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.3.0",
"prettier": "2.7.1"
}
I've tried applying /* eslint-disable */ to a whole file to check whether it works at all - no it doesn't. This led me to think whether airbnb doesn't have sth like "noInlineConfig": true set but I checked and it seems like not the case.
Can you please help me with the issue?

Answer 1

In order to use dynamic imports in your code, you need to set the language version to 2020 or higher. The preferred way to do so is to set a predefined environment in your .eslintrc file:
{
"extends": "airbnb",
"env": {
"es2020": true
}
}
to set the language version for a particular file only, use an override:
{
"extends": "airbnb",
"overrides": [{
"files": "./path/to/file.js",
"env": {
"es2020": true
}
}]
}