angularjs npm start shows error

Question

I'm trying to use with angularjs with live preview with this command

npm start

my npm version is 4.3.0

I get these errors:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393] (c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\adirz\Desktop\Angularjs\Blog>npm start npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393 npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\adirz\A ppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "start" npm ERR! node v6.9.3 npm ERR! npm v4.3.0 npm ERR! path C:\Users\adirz\Desktop\Angularjs\Blog\package.json npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! errno -4058 npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\adirz\ Desktop\Angularjs\Blog\package.json' npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\adirz\ Desktop\Angularjs\Blog\package.json' npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR!
C:\Users\adirz\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2017-02-26T1 2_48_04_006Z-debug.log

obvious question..are you running this in your project directory? it cant seem to find package.json — Suraj Rao, Feb 26 '17 at 12:52
does ` 'C:\Users\adirz\ Desktop\Angularjs\Blog\package.json'` exist — Sachila Ranawaka, Feb 26 '17 at 12:52
Possible duplicate of [Start script missing error when running npm start](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31976722/start-script-missing-error-when-running-npm-start) — Sajeetharan, Feb 26 '17 at 13:07

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '17 at 12:55

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this error will occur if the package.json is missing in your directory. first write npm init command in your directory. it will create json file and make sure to define a "start" script inside it too before running npm start.

answered Feb 26 '17 at 12:55

Sachila Ranawaka

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@sachile ranawaka, thank you. i create now package.json file but when i run 'npm start' it shows me 'missing script:start'. what to do? – Manspof Feb 26 '17 at 13:05
add this property to your json `"scripts": { "start": "path_to _your_starting_file.js" }` – Sachila Ranawaka Feb 26 '17 at 13:07
what is my starting_file.js? maybe index.html? – Manspof Feb 26 '17 at 13:10
it is your server js file – Sachila Ranawaka Feb 26 '17 at 13:11
in order to use npm start you need to create node js app call it from start property – Sachila Ranawaka Feb 26 '17 at 13:16

angularjs npm start shows error

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