Getting an error when I run NPM live-server

Question

Here's the server I'm using, https://www.npmjs.com/package/live-server. However, when I try to use ~/.live-server.json as the configuration file, I always fail... Here's what I have in the file, and it's very simple.

{
   port: "8001"
}

Then I have this error when I run live-server

undefined:2
   port: "8001"
   ^    

SyntaxError: Unexpected token p
    at Object.parse (native)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/live-server/live-server.js:17:20)
    at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:467:10)
    at startup (node.js:136:18)
    at node.js:963:3

I don't know why this is happening.

Jordan Running · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 15:50:17Z

1

Property names in JSON must be quoted (JSON is not JavaScript):

{
   "port": "8001"
}

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 15:50

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Bomin Over a year ago

Thanks! I tried "port": 8001, but not both of them.

Jordan Running Over a year ago

{ "port": 8001 } is valid JSON. The difference is that 8001 is a number value and "8001" is a string value, like in JavaScript.

alexcres · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-14 18:55:45Z

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It should be:

{
    "port": 8001
}

Add explanation: well, in JSON, name should always double quoted, and value should also be double quoted, except number (if you double quote a number, it becomes a string). Like this:

{
    "name1": "stringValue",
    "name2": aNumber
}

edited Jun 14, 2016 at 18:55

answered Jun 14, 2016 at 3:17

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piyushj Over a year ago

add more details to it...possibly an explanation

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