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npm WARN package.json: No repository field

I installed Express.js with the following command:

sudo npm install -g express

I get the following warnings:

npm WARN package.json range-parser@0.0.4 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json fresh@0.1.0 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json methods@0.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json methods@0.0.1 No readme data.
npm WARN package.json cookie-signature@1.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json send@0.1.0 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json pause@0.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json bytes@0.2.0 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json github-url-from-git@1.1.1 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json assert-plus@0.1.2 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json ctype@0.5.2 No repository field.

I'm new to Node.js and Express.js. Why do I have the above warnings? Should I be worried?

By seeing this question one year later, I realize that I mentally erase all these warnings every time I install npm packages. This is something package developers should maybe be a bit more careful about.
@nha yeah, I usually see those warnings when doing some npm operation and fix them if it's in the package I'm developing.
for private repos, just add "private": true to package.json

K
KyleMit

It's just a check as of NPM v1.2.20, they report this as a warning.

However, don't worry, there are sooooooo many packages which still don't have the repository field in their package.json. The field is used for informational purposes.

In the case you're a package author, put the repository in your package.json, like this:

"repository": {
  "type": "git",
  "url": "git://github.com/username/repository.git"
}

Read more about the repository field, and see the logged bug for further details.

Additionally, as originally reported by @dan_nl, you can set private key in your package.json.
This will not only stop you from accidentally running npm publish in your app, but will also stop NPM from printing warnings regarding package.json problems.

{
  "name": "my-super-amazing-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true
}

A few months after my answer and I haven't seem any problems so far :)
NPM 2.14 now does print an error when repository is empty and private is set to true.
@Blaise, I don't get any warnings in NPM 3.3.3 by using private: true
Question, why isnt "private" the default, I mean how many npm projects are created versus how many are actually published, is there really more library code than user code?
Thanks for the private: true, somehow, I missed this one all these years.
d
dan_nl

you can also mark the application as private if you don’t plan to put it in an actual repository.

{
  "name": "my-application",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true
}

w
wortwart

As dan_nl stated, you can add a private fake repository in package.json. You don't even need name and version for it:

{
  ...,
  "repository": {
    "private": true
  }
}

Update: This feature is undocumented and might not work. Choose the following option.

Better still: Set the private flag directly. This way npm doesn't ask for a README file either:

{
  "name": ...,
  "description": ...,
  "version": ...,
  "private": true
}

Got notified about another user about this answer. Looks like repository.private is not documented behaviour (or it is no longer accepted), according to docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json.
@gustavohenke: Thank you, it seems you're right - private as top-level property is the better option anyway. Updated my answer.
l
laurent

If you are getting this from your own package.json, just add the repository field to it. (use the link to your actual repository):

"repository" : { 
   "type" : "git",
   "url" : "https://github.com/npm/npm.git"
 }

Thanks for clarifying to use the full github project file link (including http:// or https://!
B
BladeBarringer

Have you run npm init? That command runs you through everything...


S
Sibiraj

In Simple word- package.json of your project has not property of repository you must have to add it,

and you have to add repository in your package.json like below

https://i.stack.imgur.com/TAQ2U.png

and Let me explain according to your scenario

you must have to add repository field something like below

  "repository" : {     
     "type" : "git",
      "url" : "http://github.com/npm/express.git" 
   }

z
zx485

If you don't want to specify a repository you can add the following lines to the package.json file:

"description":"",
"version":"0.0.1",
"private":true,

That worked for me.
By adding private, you don't need to link to a repo.


Ł
Łukasz D. Tulikowski

To avoid warnings like:

npm WARN project.com@1.0.0 No repository field.

You must define repository in your project package.json. In the case when you are developing with no publishing to the repository you can set "private": true in package.json

Example:

{
  "name": "test.loc",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  ...
  "license": "ISC"
}

NPM documentation about this: https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json


J
Jsalim

Yes, probably you can re/create one by including -f at the end of your command


I
Ian Croasdell

this will help all of you to find your own correct details use

npm ls dist-tag

this will then show the correct info so you don't guess the version file location etc

enjoy :)


I got a response as '--empty
j
jimboweb

use npm install -g angular-cli instead of npm install -g@nagular/cli to install Angular