Managing Packages with NPM - How to Use package.json, the Core of Any Node.js Project or npm Package

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Tell us what’s happening:

I have created a package.json file using npm init -y command as described in video post that i pasted the Gitpod link but here test is throwing an error mentioning package.json file should have a valid author key

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solution: https://dinesh31946-nodejstutor-c3kpikz8rx3.ws-us114.gitpod.io

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Managing Packages with NPM - How to Use package.json, the Core of Any Node.js Project or npm Package

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Hello, can you post the package.json file only, use three backticks before and after.

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{
	"name": "fcc-learn-npm-package-json",
	"author": "Dinesh Narayan Gosavi",
	"dependencies": {
		"express": "^4.14.0"
	},
	"main": "server.js",
	"scripts": {
		"start": "node server.js"
	},
	"repository": {
		"type": "git",
		"url": "https://github.com/Dinesh31946/NodeJs-Tutorial"
	}
}
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I looked at the starter project and I think the instructions maybe are a little unclear. They are teaching you how to initialize your node packages with npm init, but you are not being asked to do so - it has already been done for you. All you are asked is to add the author key to package.json.

I can’t see your workspace to suggest how to fix it. I would guess it created a second package.json file that you would need to delete, but I’m not sure. Since you are only on the first step you could just start the project over and just add the author key, without running npm init.