I am trying to check linting errors in my node js application and then start the server.

  "scripts": {
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "pretest": "eslint **/*.js",
    "start": "node .",
    "posttest": "npm run lint && nsp check"
  }

npm run pretest never checks the whole directory set . It i do a npm run lint . It gives me weird errors like

Cannot find module 'eslint-config-medikoo-es5'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/es5-ext/package.json
Error: Cannot find module 'eslint-config-medikoo-es5'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/es5-ext/package.json
    at ModuleResolver.resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/util/module-resolver.js:74:19)
    at resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:515:25)
    at load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:532:26)
    at configExtends.reduceRight (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:424:36)
    at Array.reduceRight (native)
    at applyExtends (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:408:28)
    at Object.load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:566:22)
    at loadConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:63:33)
    at getLocalConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:130:29)
    at Config.getConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:260:26)

and if i install that dependency i am stuck at this

Cannot find module '@ljharb/eslint-config'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/express/node_modules/qs/.eslintrc
Error: Cannot find module '@ljharb/eslint-config'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/express/node_modules/qs/.eslintrc
    at ModuleResolver.resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/util/module-resolver.js:74:19)
    at resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:515:25)
    at load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:532:26)
    at configExtends.reduceRight (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:424:36)
    at Array.reduceRight (native)
    at applyExtends (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:408:28)
    at Object.load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:566:22)
    at loadConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:63:33)
    at getLocalConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:130:29)
    at Config.getConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:260:26)

Please help

I am trying to check linting errors in my node js application and then start the server.

  "scripts": {
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "pretest": "eslint **/*.js",
    "start": "node .",
    "posttest": "npm run lint && nsp check"
  }

npm run pretest never checks the whole directory set . It i do a npm run lint . It gives me weird errors like

Cannot find module 'eslint-config-medikoo-es5'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/es5-ext/package.json
Error: Cannot find module 'eslint-config-medikoo-es5'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/es5-ext/package.json
    at ModuleResolver.resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/util/module-resolver.js:74:19)
    at resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:515:25)
    at load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:532:26)
    at configExtends.reduceRight (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:424:36)
    at Array.reduceRight (native)
    at applyExtends (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:408:28)
    at Object.load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:566:22)
    at loadConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:63:33)
    at getLocalConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:130:29)
    at Config.getConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:260:26)

and if i install that dependency i am stuck at this

Cannot find module '@ljharb/eslint-config'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/express/node_modules/qs/.eslintrc
Error: Cannot find module '@ljharb/eslint-config'
Referenced from: /home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/server/node_modules/express/node_modules/qs/.eslintrc
    at ModuleResolver.resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/util/module-resolver.js:74:19)
    at resolve (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:515:25)
    at load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:532:26)
    at configExtends.reduceRight (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:424:36)
    at Array.reduceRight (native)
    at applyExtends (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:408:28)
    at Object.load (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:566:22)
    at loadConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:63:33)
    at getLocalConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:130:29)
    at Config.getConfig (/home/rahul/DSP/dsp-api/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:260:26)

Please help

• javascript
• node.js
• eslint
• lint

2 Answers 2

It looks like you're linting the files in node_modules as well, which you shouldn't do.

You should ignore this folder following these instructions. Also, you should change your NPM pretest script to match the lint script. I would suggest to change it to npm run lint.

ESLint supports .eslintignore files to exclude files from the linting process when ESLint operates on a directory. Files given as individual CLI arguments will be exempt from exclusion. The .eslintignore file is a plain text file containing one pattern per line. It can be located in any of the target directory’s ancestors; it will affect files in its containing directory as well as all sub-directories. Here’s a simple example of a .eslintignore file:

node_modules

You can add a .eslintignore file and inside just add the following line node_modules.

This will ignore the files inside node_modules.