ESLint Parsing error: Unexpected token

Solution 1:

Unexpected token errors in ESLint parsing occur due to incompatibility between your development environment and ESLint's current parsing capabilities with the ongoing changes with JavaScripts ES6~7.

Adding the "parserOptions" property to your .eslintrc is no longer enough for particular situations, such as using

static contextTypes = { ... } /* react */

in ES6 classes as ESLint is currently unable to parse it on its own. This particular situation will throw an error of:

error Parsing error: Unexpected token =

The solution is to have ESLint parsed by a compatible parser, i.e @babel/eslint-parser or babel-eslint for babel version below v7.

just add:

"parser": "@babel/eslint-parser"

to your .eslintrc file and run npm install @babel/eslint-parser --save-dev or yarn add -D @babel/eslint-parser.

Please note that as the new Context API starting from React ^16.3 has some important changes, please refer to the official guide.

Solution 2:

ESLint 2.x experimentally supports ObjectRestSpread syntax, you can enable it by adding the following to your .eslintrc: docs

"parserOptions": {
  "ecmaVersion": 6,
  "ecmaFeatures": {
    "experimentalObjectRestSpread": true
  }
},

ESLint 1.x doesn't natively support the spread operator, one way to get around this is using the babel-eslint parser. The latest installation and usage instructions are on the project readme.

Solution 3:

"parser": "babel-eslint" helped me to fix the issue

{
    "parser": "babel-eslint",
    "parserOptions": {
        "ecmaVersion": 6,
        "sourceType": "module",
        "ecmaFeatures": {
            "jsx": true,
            "modules": true,
            "experimentalObjectRestSpread": true
        }
    },
    "plugins": [
        "react"
    ],
    "extends": ["eslint:recommended", "plugin:react/recommended"],
    "rules": {
        "comma-dangle": 0,
        "react/jsx-uses-vars": 1,
        "react/display-name": 1,
        "no-unused-vars": "warn",
        "no-console": 1,
        "no-unexpected-multiline": "warn"
    },
    "settings": {
        "react": {
            "pragma": "React",
            "version": "15.6.1"
        }
    }
}

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