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Error "npm WARN package.json: No repository field"
I installed Express.js with the following command:
sudo npm install -g express
I get the following warnings:
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN package.json fresh@...
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votes
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answers
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Purpose of installing Twitter Bootstrap through npm?
Question 1:
What exactly is the purpose of installing Twitter Bootstrap through npm? I thought npm was meant for server side modules. Is it faster to serve the bootstrap files yourself than using a ...
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answers
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npm can't find package.json
I'm trying to install the dependencies of some example: npm's express 2.5.8 that I've downloaded, but all of the apps throw the same error:
c:\node\stylus>npm install -d
npm info it worked if it ...
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votes
34
answers
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ExpressJS - throw er Unhandled error event
I created expressjs application using the following commands:
express -e folderName
npm install ejs --save
npm install
When I run the application with: node app.js, I have the following errors:
...
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votes
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answers
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Difference between `npm start` & `node app.js`, when starting app?
I have installed an application using the command express new 'filename'. I have just learned that you can start an application using:
npm start
Thus far I have used:
node app.js
to start my ...
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answers
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Node.js Error: Cannot find module express
I wrote my first node.js app, but it can't find express library:
C:\ChatServer\Server>node server.js
module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'express'
at Function....
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votes
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answers
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nodemon not working: -bash: nodemon: command not found
I'm on a Mac running El Capitan. I have node v5.6.0 and npm v3.6.0.
When I try to run nodemon, I get:
-bash: nodemon: command not found
I thought this may mean that I didn't have nodemon installed,...
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votes
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answers
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views
npm start vs node app.js
I'm extremely new to Node and trying to get my head around app basics. I'm curious as to why these two commands:
node app.js
--vs--
npm start
output the same thing to the console and appear to ...
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102
votes
3
answers
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views
How to organise file structure of backend and frontend in MERN
I have backend based on express + mongoose. File structure is:
- /models
-- item.js
- /node.modules
-- ...
- server.js
- package-lock.json
- package.json
And regular create-react-app based folder ...
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votes
6
answers
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What is the difference between res.send and res.write in express?
I am a beginner to express.js and I am trying to understand the difference between res.send & res.write ?
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votes
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answers
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How to store a file with file extension with multer?
Managed to store my files in a folder but they store without the file extension.
Does any one know how would I store the file with file extension?
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votes
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answers
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views
Difference between a server with http.createServer and a server using express in node js
What's the difference between creating a server using http module and creating a server using express framework in node js?
Thanks.
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votes
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answers
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views
Express module not found when installed with NPM
When I try to run the app.js file created by express, I get the following error:
$ node app.js
node.js:134
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
Error: ...
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47
votes
4
answers
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views
run-p: command not found
after installing 'npm install webpack-dev-server -g'
not able to start expressjs project.
I am using below script:
"scripts": {
"start": "run-p watch dev-server",
"watch": "webpack --config ...
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votes
2
answers
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views
npm install not installing latest version on GitHub
I have a module called 'sails-mongo' and I want to update it to the newest version using the following command:
npm update sails-mongo --save
I also tried uninstall then install again. I tried sails-...
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votes
3
answers
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Npm "scripts": "start" run express and open url
I have this entry in package.json
"scripts": {
"start": "node bin/www"
},
It runs my Express app when I enter the command npm start.
But I also want a browser to ...
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35
votes
18
answers
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views
NPM, cannot find 'graceful-fs', no matter what I do
This is what I get when I try to install express for node.js
npm install express
module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'graceful-fs'
at Function.Module....
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votes
2
answers
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views
TypeError: Request path contains unescaped characters
I try to install node.js modules using:
npm install express
but I get this error:
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm ERR! TypeError: Request path contains unescaped characters.
npm ...
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votes
1
answer
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views
Firebase Cloud Functions - slow response when querying Firestore
I have a simple Cloud Function in Firebase that takes JSON in an http POST and saves it to a Firestore collection. It's allocated 512MB memory.
The performance of this cloud function is very poor. If ...
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votes
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answers
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package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript
I used http://jsonlint.com/ to check the syntax for this package.json file
{
"name": "hello-world",
"description": "hello world test app",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"dependencies"...
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votes
4
answers
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views
Node Mysql Cannot Enqueue a query after calling quit
where do i close the mysql connection?
I need to run queries in sequence. I am writing code that looks like this at present:
var sqlFindMobile = "select * from user_mobiles where mobile=?";
var ...
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votes
3
answers
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views
NPM how to update/upgrade transitive dependencies?
I am using express v4.16.4 in my node server.
It has pulled in cookie-signature v1.0.6.
I want to upgrade cookie-signature to v1.1.0 as it has a fix which I require.
What is the way to do that ?
...
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votes
7
answers
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express command not found in bash after installing it with npm
just installed new ubuntu vm to test around with node
installed things in this order:
node
mongodb-server
npm
express
mongoose
now, trying to create a new app i noticed express cannot be used in the ...
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votes
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answers
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How to close electron app via javascript?
I am running an express app via electron.
Below is the main.js
const electron = require("electron"),
app = electron.app,
BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
let ...
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votes
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answers
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views
TypeScript: Extend Express.Session interface with own class
I'm working on a Typescript project with npm packages. I want to add a property to the Express.Session interface.
example Class:
class User {
name: string;
email: string;
password: ...
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votes
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TypeError [ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS] Request path contains unescaped characters
I am working on Ubuntu with incoming HTTP request from the following URL:
http://<MY-IP>:3000/v1/projects/list
Description:
The problem is that I get the following error in terminal:
TypeError [...
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votes
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answers
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views
How do I create a MySQL connection pool while working with NodeJS and Express?
I am able to create a MySQL connection like this:
var mysql = require('mysql');
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'localhost',
user : 'me',
password : 'secret',...
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votes
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answers
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views
Can we configure multer to not store files locally and only for using req.files.image.path?
My application's need is as follows:
I upload the image to Cloudinary and store the url of image in my mongodb database.
To upload the image to cloudinary, I needed to give the file path, and for ...
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votes
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answers
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node . and npm start don't work
The title says most of the problem. When I try to run node . I get:
module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'static-favicon'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (...
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votes
2
answers
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Difference between Express and Connect npm packages
I have been using express webservers since I started working on Node.js and a few days ago I came across this new (to me) web server, called connect.
Can anyone point out, what are the differences ...
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votes
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answers
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install express with npm
I recently installed nodejs version 0.10.26 on ubuntu 64 bit. node -v and npm -v commands run fine and I can see the correct versions. When I do a $ sudo npm install -g express
the installation goes ...
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votes
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answer
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NPM PROBLEM: Node-pre-gyp. Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
I am creating Angular project and using Express.js as back-end and SQLite3 for database. When I am installing sqlite3 via command npm install sqlite3 I'm getting following error in the console. How ...
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Forever Node.JS Express 4
How do you run the Express 4 app with Forever? (or is there a new package?)
I am running my Express 3 apps with Forever installed locally with the package manager. I use the command:
forever -a ...
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votes
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answer
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views
TypeScript: can only be default-imported using the 'esModuleInterop' flag
I've the following index.ts:
import { User } from "./datatypes"
import express from 'express';
console.log("hello world")
This is my package.json:
{
"name": "...
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votes
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answers
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views
Node.js - cannot find module
I'm using Node Boilerplate and it all worked fine until I decided create another project on top of it (in another dir).
Now I have exactly the same code base (this project AS IS) in two different ...
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"npm ERR! errno 3221225477" Error in Node when making a query using oracledb
This is the error itself in the command line:
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 3221225477
npm ERR! [email protected] start: `node ./bin/www`
npm ERR! Exit status 3221225477
npm ERR!
npm ERR! ...
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Why am I getting "Error socket hang up" response?
I tried to scrape a website. And I am using the library https://github.com/request/request, but I get this error:
Error: socket hang up
at createHangUpError (http.js:1476:15)
at Socket....
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votes
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answers
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views
Get esbuild to watch for changes, rebuild, and restart express server
I am trying to create a simple SSR powered project using express + react. To do this, I need to simultaneously watch frontend and backend scripts during development.
The goal here is to use express ...
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How to use nodemon with express js while npm start?
I want to use nodemon to automatically detect changes in my scripts in node.js project and restart when change detected. I have my project setup using express.js. How to use nodemon with express.js, ...
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Speed up deployment on Heroku [duplicate]
Heroku is great. But every time I deploy, Heroku seems to like to redownload and rebuild all the packages. With socket.io and mailparser this is taking around 3 minutes.
Is there a way to speed up ...
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npm install error - invalid package.json
I'm using this tutorial to understand implementing oauth2 in Node.js.
This is my package.json:
{
"name": "application-name",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"start": "...
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Cannot use 'import.meta' outside a module
I have Node + Express + Babel + ES6 project with the following files:
/package.json
{
"name": "test-backend",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": ...
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Unexpected end of json input in Node.js
I have Json data which I receive it as post data in my node.js server.
But the problem is, its not able to parse the string I sent.Here is my node.js server code.
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-...
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Winston: Attempt to write logs with no transports
I'm trying to set up an access log and an error log for my express server using Winston, but I seem to be doing something wrong.
Here is my attempt at a config file:
const winston = require('winston'...
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Express doesn't work on ubuntu
I'm new with nodejs and trying to learn it. I have installed node framework express as global module by command:
$ sudo npm install express -g
This works correctly and I have it in /usr/lib/...
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Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
I ran into the following error while trying to run my electron app that contains my express app.
Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
I think the issue has to do with serialport module, ...
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I can't execute npm scripts in node why is this happening and how can i solve it
I need help fixing this problem I hope this can help and I tried running other commands in my terminal but it did not work 15.5.1
My version of node is the latest one.
The code says three things
...
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NPM install express. Error: No compatible version found
My OS is Ubuntu 13.04, 32 bit.
I am trying to install express with this command:
$ npm install express
And this is the error I get:
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm http GET ...
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views
localhost:3000 is not working in the browser [closed]
Backend: Express server, with npx create-express-api backend
Frontend: Next.js, with npx create-react-app frontend
I have implemented these command in my root folder and trying to run npm start xxx to ...
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node.js local modules :cannot find module error
I am trying to implement local modules in my application
1.Project root folder i have created folder named test with a file named index.js
module.exports = {
myFunction:function(){
...
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