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I am trying to use the npm start command but I don't have the correct "start" script in my package.json. Can anyone please tell me the correct way to add it?

I have tried adding "start": "node server.js" to my scripts in package.json but that throws up an error:

> node server.js



internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:589

    throw err;

    ^



Error: Cannot find module 'C:UsersAristophanesserver.js'

    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:587:15)

    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:513:25)

    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:760:12)

    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:308:19)

    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:878:3)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! aristophanes@1.0.0 start: `node server.js`

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Failed at the aristophanes@1.0.0 start script.

npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?



npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR!     C:UsersAristophanesAppDataRoamingnpm-cache_logs2018-11-10T11_34_37_097Z-debug.log

So it can't find a server.js file. Can anyone elaborate what file exactly I'm supposed to be looking for to add to the "start" script? Package.json:

{

  "name": "aristophanes",

  "version": "1.0.0",

  "description": "",

  "main": ".eslintrc.js",

  "scripts": {

    "test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1",

    "start": "node server.js"

  },

  "author": "",

  "license": "ISC"

}

Try to change "main": "server.js" in your package.json

Edit: You have to define the file name as main which contains your server.listen callback. Also you can start running with node [your-server-file].js If your file name is index.js node finds it automatically, no need the main part.