parsing error: unexpected token $

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Could someone help me why am i getting this error?

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2

You don’t have back-ticks around the string.

3

so where should they be thankyou for the help :slight_smile:

4

@frog866 It’s hard working from a screenshot - code should be posted in a code block. In any case, something like this:

$w('#text67').text = `Uploading ...  `;

For more info, read the article on template literals.

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@yisrael-wix

import wixData from 'wix-data';//to work with the collection you need to import this field
export function button1_click(event) {
 for (var x = 0; x <= 3; x++) {//for 4 upload buttons the maximum index is 3
 if ($w("#uploadButton" + x).value.length > 0) {
            $w("#text67").text = Uploading ${$w("#uploadButton"+x).value[0].name};
            $w("#uploadButton" + x).startUpload()
                .then((uploadedFile) => {
 
 let toInsert = {//myImage is the field key for your images column in the collection
 "gallery": uploadedFile.url
                };
                wixData.insert("locations", toInsert)//myCollection is name of the collection to where the images are added
                    .then((results) => {
                        $w("#text67").text = "Upload successful"; //see item below
                    })
                    .catch((err) => {
 let errorMsg = err;
                    });
                })
                .catch((uploadError) => {
                    $w("#text67").text = "File upload error";
                    console.log(Error: ${uploadError.errorCode});
                    console.log(uploadError.errorDescription);
                });
        } else {
            $w("#text67").text = "Please choose a pic to upload.";
        }
    }
}
6

You need to enclose your string in back-ticks - this char `

Like this:

$w("#text67").text = `Uploading ${$w("#uploadButton"+x).value[0].name}`;

For more info, read the article on template literals.

7

thankyou, I am now getting an error on line 22 saying
‘parsing error: unexpected token :’

import wixData from 'wix-data';//to work with the collection you need to import this field
export function button1_click(event) {
 for (var x = 0; x <= 3; x++) {//for 4 upload buttons the maximum index is 3
 if ($w("#uploadButton" + x).value.length > 0) {
            $w("#text67").text = 'Uploading ${$w("#uploadButton"+x).value[0].name}';
            $w("#uploadButton" + x).startUpload()
                .then((uploadedFile) => {
 
 let toInsert = {//myImage is the field key for your images column in the collection
 "gallery": uploadedFile.url
                };
                wixData.insert("locations", toInsert)//myCollection is name of the collection to where the images are added
                    .then((results) => {
                        $w("#text67").text = "Upload successful"; //see item below
                    })
                    .catch((err) => {
 let errorMsg = err;
                    });
                })
                .catch((uploadError) => {
                    $w("#text67").text = "File upload error";
                    console.log(Error: ${uploadError.errorCode});
                    console.log(uploadError.errorDescription);
                });
        } else {
            $w("#text67").text = "Please choose a pic to upload.";
        }
    }
}

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That is because you used are regular tick mark ’ instead of a bac ktick `.

You can find the back tick on the key at the upper left of the keyboard.
https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/backquot.htm

Please, read the article on template literals .