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Matthew Garza
26,312 Pointsnpm start failing on my machine.
when i run npm start after i run npm install it keeps failing. I checked if i have the latest version of npm and node on my computer and i do. this is the error message
$ npm start
treehouse-express-auth@1.0.0 start C:\Users\mdong\Desktop\JavaScript-user-auth-express\complete node ./app
open() is deprecated in mongoose >= 4.11.0, use openUri() instead, or set the useMongoClient option if using connect() or createConnection()
module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'bcrypt' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15) at Function.Module._load (module.js:289:25) at Module.require (module.js:366:17) at require (module.js:385:17) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\mdong\Desktop\JavaScript-user-auth-express\complete\models\user.js:2:14) at Module._compile (module.js:425:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:313:12) at Module.require (module.js:366:17) at require (module.js:385:17) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\mdong\Desktop\JavaScript-user-auth-express\complete\routes\index.js:3:12) at Module._compile (module.js:425:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:313:12) at Module.require (module.js:366:17) at require (module.js:385:17) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\mdong\Desktop\JavaScript-user-auth-express\complete\app.js:42:14) at Module._compile (module.js:425:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.15063
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "start"
npm ERR! node v5.1.0
npm ERR! npm v3.3.12
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! treehouse-express-auth@1.0.0 start: node ./app
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the treehouse-express-auth@1.0.0 start script 'node ./app'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the treehouse-express-auth package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node ./app
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls treehouse-express-auth
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! C:\Users\mdong\Desktop\JavaScript-user-auth-express\complete\npm-debug.log
6 Answers
Dan Oswalt
23,438 PointsApparently the api for bcrypt is the same for an almost identical module called bcryptjs, maybe that would work just fine for doing the treehouse course? Looks like bcrypt can be a headache to install on windows because of dependencies, but bcryptjs is entirely javascript, so it's slower, but installable. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14573488/error-compiling-bcrypt-node-js
Hope this was the comment that helped!
Matthew Garza
26,312 PointsYes it did. All i had to do was npm install bcryptjs and then go into the models folder and navigate into the user.js file and change it to require bcryptjs and done. : )
Matthew Garza
26,312 Points{
"name": "treehouse-express-auth",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "A project for learning how to add authentication to a web application.",
"author": "Treehouse Island, Inc.",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./app"
},
"dependencies": {
"bcrypt": "^0.8.7",
"body-parser": "^1.13.3",
"connect-mongo": "^1.2.1",
"express": "^4.15.3",
"express-session": "^1.13.0",
"mongoose": "^4.5.0",
"pug": "^2.0.0-beta2"
},
"license": "MIT"
}
Dan Oswalt
23,438 Pointshmmm is bcrypt showing up in your node_modules folder?
Matthew Garza
26,312 Pointsnope. i checked the npm bcrypt page and for the prereqs., in able to use bcrypt, I needed to do all these steps to my machine and i wasn't too sure on it. Also i tried installing bcrypt by running npm install bcrypt, but i get the same results.
Dan Oswalt
23,438 PointsApparently the api for bcrypt is the same for an almost identical module called bcryptjs, maybe that would work just fine for doing the treehouse course? Looks like bcrypt can be a headache to install on windows because of dependencies, but bcryptjs is entirely javascript, so it's slower, but installable. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14573488/error-compiling-bcrypt-node-js
Matthew Garza
26,312 PointsYou're the best!! Thanks man.
Matthew Garza
26,312 PointsI can't best answer you because you commented, not answered, but if you change that I'll mark you up. thanks again.
Nicholas Gaerlan
9,501 Pointssomeone posted the way to get the real project files a while ago:
git clone https://github.com/treehouse-projects/javascript-authentication-with-express-and-mongo
Dan Oswalt
23,438 PointsDan Oswalt
23,438 PointsHi, can you copy + paste your package.json? Please refer to the Markdown Cheatsheet display it in a nice readable way.