Heroku + node.js error (Web process failed to bind to $PORT within 60 seconds of launch)

Question

I have my first node.js app (runs fine locally) - but I am unable to deploy it via heroku (first time w/ heroku as well). The code is below. SO doesn\'t let me write so much

Answer 1

I have the same issue but my environment variables are set well and the version of npm and node is specified in package.json. I figured out it is because, in my case, Heroku needs "start" to be specified in package.json:

  "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  }

After adding this to my package.json my node app is successfully deployed on Heroku.