How to fix the npm ERR! Missing script: test
Learn, how to fix the npm ERR! Missing script: “test” error in your JavaScript projects.
This error occurs due to the following reasons:
-
Using the
test
script without defining it inside thescripts
object in your package.json file. -
Running the
npm run test
command in a different directory. -
Not initialized a
package.json
file in your project directory.
Run npm test
npm ERR! Missing script: "test"
npm ERR!
npm ERR! To see a list of scripts, run:
npm ERR! npm run
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
To fix the npm ERR! Missing script:“test” error, add the test
script to your package.json
file and open the root project directory in your terminal before running the npm run test
command.
Here is an example:
"scripts": {
"test": "jest app.test.js"
},
Here, I added a test file app.test.js
, in your case it will be some other file.
If you don’t have package.json
file in your project directory, you can initialize it by running the
npm init -y
command.
npm init -y
Now, add the test
script to the package.json file.