Error when running ios-basic-interactions.test.js

The problem

I am trying to run the ios-basic-interactions.test.js but an error is thrown immediately after I try to run the test.

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.16.0
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: macOS 10.14.6
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 13.6.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: iOS 13
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Simulator
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: CLI

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

$ appium & node ios-basic-interactions.test.js 
[1] 32187
(node:32188) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
/Users/me/app/ios-basic-interactions.test.js:1
import wd from 'wd';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1060:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1164:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:993:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:892:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:71:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47
me:~/app $ [Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.16.0
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723

[euoia]

Responding to my own comment, I may have been running the command from the wrong directory.

After running npm test in the sample-code directory, and then changing to the javascript-wd and re-running the command: javascript-wd|master ⇒ $(npm bin)/mocha test/basic/ios-basic-interactions.test.js

I no longer got the previous error. I got another error, but it’s probably unrelated.

[biaji]

Ok, I’m facing the same here, maybe there still something wrong or misconfigration:

 pwd
..../appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd 

npm -v
6.14.6

node -v
v12.18.3


npm run test

> javascript-wd@1.0.0 test /Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd
> mocha test/**/*.test.js


/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/test/basic/android-basic-interactions.test.js:1
import wd from 'wd';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1053:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1101:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1157:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:878:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)
    at Object.exports.requireOrImport (/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/mocha/lib/esm-utils.js:42:12)
    at Object.exports.loadFilesAsync (/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/mocha/lib/esm-utils.js:55:34)
    at Mocha.loadFilesAsync (/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/mocha/lib/mocha.js:473:19)
    at singleRun (/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/mocha/lib/cli/run-helpers.js:125:15)
    at exports.runMocha (/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/mocha/lib/cli/run-helpers.js:190:10)
    at Object.exports.handler (/Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/mocha/lib/cli/run.js:362:11)
    at /Users/biaji/workspace/zte/Tests/appium-master/sample-code/javascript-wd/node_modules/yargs/build/index.cjs:443:71
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! javascript-wd@1.0.0 test: `mocha test/**/*.test.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the javascript-wd@1.0.0 test script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/biaji/.npm/_logs/2021-08-03T08_51_16_241Z-debug.log

It’s wired the complain of “SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module”.

Maybe it releated to babel ?