{"id":29454,"date":"2021-03-01T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=29454"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:54:18","slug":"npm-error-missing-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/npm-error-missing-script\/","title":{"rendered":"npm err! missing script: start Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have worked on JavaScript applications, you have seen and probably used Node.js. There are lots of tools in Node.js, and npm<\/a> (node package manager) can help you manage them. npm installs the packages you want and provides a terminal interface so you can work with these tools and packages. 
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You may get the missing script: start<\/code> message if you recently updated to the newest version and tried to run npm start on your terminal. Or you may be running a command such as node Filename.js <\/em>to run your file while not having a script for start<\/code>. There could be other contributing factors.
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Whatever the case, you can follow the steps below to learn how to run npm start<\/em> without incurring an error message. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Cause of the npm err! missing script: start Error?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you type npm start<\/em> and get the npm err! missing script: start<\/code> error, there must be a missing line in the script object located in your package.json file. The error also tells us that the missing content is in regards to the start<\/code> command.\u00a0
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Screenshot of the error being thrown after running the npm start command.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to Fix the Error Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s go over some steps we can take to fix this error. We will go into our project\u2019s package.json file and add a start<\/code> script to the file so we can use the npm start command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n