How to fix ERROR in wpapi.js Module parse failed You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type?

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npm

Hello!
When installing npm modules I get an error when building webpack

ERROR in ./~/wpapi/wpapi.js Module parse failed: C:\Users...\decoupled\node_modules\wpapi\wpapi.js Unexpected token (235:2) You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type . | WPAPI.prototype.url = function( url ) { |
return new WPRequest( { | ...this._options, |
endpoint: url, | } ); @ ./src/lib/config.js 1:0-26 @ ./src/components/Menu/Index.js @ ./src/App.js @ multi (webpack)-dev-server/client? https://localhost:9000 ./src/App.js webpack: Failed to compile.

node -v v16.14.2 , npm -v 8.5.5

package.json

{
  "name": "node-wpapi",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Example of using the Node JavaScript WP API Client  - https://github.com/WP-API/node-wpapi",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --https",
    "build": "webpack --config webpack.config.js"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "Zac Gordon",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-cli": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-core": "^6.22.1",
    "babel-loader": "^6.2.10",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.22.0",
    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^0.1.4",
    "webpack": "^2.2.1",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^2.4.1"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "wpapi": "^1.0.3"
  }
}

webpack.config.js

var path = require( 'path' );
var UglifyJSPlugin = require( 'uglifyjs-webpack-plugin' );

module.exports = {
    entry: [ './src/App.js' ],
    output: {
        filename: 'bundle.min.js',
        path: path.resolve( __dirname, 'dist' )
    },
    devtool: "cheap-eval-source-map",
    devServer: {
        port: 9000,
        contentBase: path.join( __dirname, "dist" )
    },
    module: {
        rules: [{
            test: /\.js$/,
            exclude: /(node_modules)/,
            use: [ {
                loader: 'babel-loader',
                options: {
                    presets: [ [ 'es2015', { modules: false } ] ]
                }
            } ]
        }]
    },
    plugins: [
        new UglifyJSPlugin()
    ]
};