I accidently deleted my package.json file and node modules

Question

I accidentally deleted my package.json file and node modules and now I'm unable to get JSON file I've changed the directory and started fresh also but it didn't work.

I have tried deleting the npm-cache and try to start with a new directory but didn't work I have tried various commands :

• rm -rf npm-cache
• npm cache clean --force

Answer 1

You will have to try with:

npm init

Or:

npm init -y

To initialise your project and then add your dependencies using:

npm install <package name>

To populate your package.json file.