What needs to change in this package.json file to work with npm 0.3.0?

Question

Trying to use a lib but getting this error...

npm ERR! JSON.parse Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! JSON.parse Note that package.json must be actua         


        

Answer 1

Valid JSON must have both keys and values of an object in quotes. Surround all of your keys in quotation marks and that should make the error go away.

Reference: JSON spec

Update: I did the dirty work for you. Let me know if this fixes it.

{ "name": "embedly"
, "version": "0.3.2"
, "description": "Embedly client library for node"
, "homepage": "https://github.com/embedly/embedly-node"
, "keywords": []
, "author":
  { "name": "Bob Corsaro"
  , "email": "bob@embed.ly"
  , "url": "http://www.google.com/profiles/rcorsaro"
  }
, "repository":
  { "type": "git"
  , "url": "git://github.com/embedly/embedly-node"
  }
, "bugs": { "web": "http://github.com/embedly/embedly-node/issues/" }
, "directories":
  { "doc": "./docs"
  , "lib": "./lib"
  , "test": "./test"
  }
, "dependencies": {"hashish": "", "qs": ""}
, "devDependencies": {"vows": ">= 0.5.6"}
, "main": "./lib/embedly.js"
, "scripts": { "test": "vows" }
, "bin":
  { "embedly_oembed": "bin/embedly_oembed.js"
  , "embedly_objectify": "bin/embedly_objectify.js"
  , "embedly_preview": "bin/embedly_preview.js"
  }
}

Answer 2

In addition to @Hans Engel's answer use npm help json to get the specification of what should be in the package.json file

Answer 3

I have been through this problem and in my case it was just that in place of comma(,). I have used dot(.). You can simply open it up in any JSON validator and it will help you up. One of the JSON validator's link is as follows . http://www.bodurov.com/JsonFormatter/

Answer 4

Just to complete the answer, you can simply use an online JSON validator to validate your package.json.
I highly recommend http://jsonlint.com/, paste your package.json in the textarea and click on the Validate button, that's all!

Answer 5

Super cool way to fix / validate the package.json :

node package.json

and you have your json validated or the error line.

Why use jsonlint, sounds pretty lame.

Answer 6

I also got the same error message, first run npm package.json to check errors in package.json file, if not then run npm cache clean.