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# babel-plugin-syntax-async-functions
This plugin allows Babel to parse async functions.
## Example
**Syntax**
```javascript
(async function() {
await loadStory();
console.log("Yey, story successfully loaded!");
}());
```
## Installation
```sh
$ npm install babel-plugin-syntax-async-functions
```
## Usage
### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended)
**.babelrc**
```json
{
"plugins": ["syntax-async-functions"]
}
```
### Via CLI
```sh
$ babel --plugins syntax-async-functions script.js
```
### Via Node API
```javascript
require("babel-core").transform("code", {
plugins: ["syntax-async-functions"]
});
```
## References
* [Proposal: Async Functions for ECMAScript](https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript-asyncawait)