CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 39

npm start command: missing script: start

I'm receiving this error when trying to run my node application using the npm start command on Visual Studio Code. Any help is greatly appreciate!

This is what is inside my package.json file:

{
  "name": "bloggin-site",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon server.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "express-fileupload": "^1.2.1",
    "express.js": "^1.0.0",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.15"
  }
}

This is the message on terminal when I run the code:

npm ERR! missing script: start

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/wendyb/.npm/_logs/2021-12-06T06_01_12_013Z-debug.log```

This is what the debug log says:
```0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose stack Error: missing script: start
4 verbose stack     at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/run-script.js:155:19)
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/run-script.js:63:5
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:116:5
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:436:5
4 verbose stack     at checkBinReferences_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:391:45)
4 verbose stack     at final (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:434:3)
4 verbose stack     at then (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:161:5)
4 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:350:20)
4 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:123:16)
4 verbose stack     at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:281:13)
5 verbose cwd /Users/wendyb/Desktop/Final
6 verbose Darwin 19.6.0
7 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
8 verbose node v14.18.1
9 verbose npm  v6.14.15
10 error missing script: start
11 verbose exit [ 1, true ] ```

Upvotes: 2

Views: 469

Answers (1)

saad shaikh
saad shaikh

Reputation: 11

Maybe just check if you have defined correct path for your server.js file if not correct it and try or maybe just in case the changes you made in package.json file and haven't saved it just save it and try again

for more help you can refer this link

Upvotes: 1

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