{"id":207,"hash":"e90976f2fee2ee1adb5942ebe8e1b36637fae17e5907472c1aa231f9abfd590f","pattern":"Start script missing error when running npm start","full_message":"I'm receiving this error when trying to debug my node application using the npm start command.\n\nError:\nnpm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600\nnpm ERR! argv \"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\nodejs\\\\\\\\node.exe\" \"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\nodejs\\\\node_modules\\\\npm\\\\bin\\\\npm-cli.js\" \"start\"\nnpm ERR! node v0.12.7\nnpm ERR! npm  v2.11.3\n\nnpm ERR! missing script: start\nnpm ERR!\nnpm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:\nnpm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:\nnpm ERR!     C:\\Users\\andrmoll.NORTHAMERICA\\Documents\\GitHub\\SVIChallenge\\npm-debug.log\n\nFrom the debug file:\nError: missing script: start\n       at run (C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\lib\\run-script.js:142:19)\n       at C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\lib\\run-script.js:58:5\n       at C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\read-package-json\\read-json.js:345:5\n       at checkBinReferences_ (C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\read-package-json\\read-json.js:309:45)\n       at final (C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\read-package-json\\read-json.js:343:3)\n       at then (C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\read-package-json\\read-json.js:113:5)\n       at C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\read-package-json\\read-json.js:300:12\n       at evalmachine.<anonymous>:334:14\n       at C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\graceful-fs\\graceful-fs.js:102:5\n       at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (evalmachine.<anonymous>:95:15)","ecosystem":"npm","package_name":"node.js","package_version":null,"solution":"It looks like you might not have defined a start script in your package.json file or your project does not contain a server.js file.\n\n  If there is a server.js file in the root of your package, then npm will default the start command to node server.js.\n\nhttps://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts#default-values\n\nYou could either change the name of your application script to server.js or add the following to your package.json\n\n\"scripts\": {\n    \"start\": \"node your-script.js\"\n}\n\nOr ... you could just run node your-script.js directly","confidence":0.95,"source":"stackoverflow","source_url":"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31976722/start-script-missing-error-when-running-npm-start","votes":444,"created_at":"2026-04-19T04:41:32.691536+00:00","updated_at":"2026-04-19T04:51:39.464729+00:00"}