如何解决：SyntaxError: await is only valid in async function

Question

else if(command=='quote')
  {
    let getQuote=async() => 
    {
      let result= await fetch('<api>')
      let json = await result.json()
      return json
    }
    let quote = await getQuote()
    message.channel.send(quote);
  }

I am getting error at let quote = await getQuote() as

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async function

How to solve this?

Answer 1

Think about the scope. Your second "await" is out of the scope of the async function. I mean following code part should put in the scope of the async function.

 let quote = await getQuote() message.channel.send(quote);

Answer 2

You can wrapper the code with IIFE,so in your example

else if(command=='quote')
  {
(async() => {
    let getQuote=async() => 
    {
      let result= await fetch('<api>')
      let json = await result.json()
      return json
    }
    let quote = await getQuote()
    message.channel.send(quote);
    })()
  }

or I recommended

else if(command=='quote')
  {
    let getQuote=async() => 
    {
      let result= await fetch('<api>')
      let json = await result.json()
      return json
    }

    getQuote().then(quote=>{message.channel.send(quote)});
  }