Coffeescript + node.js : Unexpected token > (function arrow)

Question

When I try to run the following coffeescript code:

request = require('request')
request('http://google.com', (error, response, body) ->
    if not error and response.statusCode is 200
        console.log(body)
)

I get the following error:

request('http://google.com', (error, response, body) ->
                                                      ^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token >
    at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:901:3

But when I run it on the coffeescript.org's compiler, it spits out the correct javascript. Any idea what's going on?

possible duplicate of Can I use CoffeeScript instead of JS for node.js? — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 9:02
Looks like you're running the coffeescript in node.js without compiling it? How did you start it? — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 9:03

tldr · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-12 01:40:52Z

3

When I looked for coffeescript's version on the terminal, it couldn't find it. So I exported coffescript's path by adding the following line to bashrc:

export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/coffee-script/bin/:$PATH

This resolved the issue

edited Aug 12, 2015 at 1:40

answered Jul 12, 2013 at 5:43

tldr

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