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SyntaxError: Unexpected token (package.json) with Webpack

   February 23, 2021  3 Comments on SyntaxError: Unexpected token (package.json) with Webpack

ERROR in Entry module not found: SyntaxError: D:\ProjectPath\package.json (directory description file): SyntaxError: Unexpected token

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
    context: __dirname,
    entry: 'main.ts',
    output: {
        path: __dirname + '/Builds/js',
        filename: 'all.js'
    },
    resolve: {
        extensions: ['', '.js', '.ts']
    },
    module: {
        loaders: [
          {
              test: /\.ts$/,
              loader: 'ts'
          },
          {
              test: /\.json$/,
              loader: "json"
          }
        ]
    }
};

package.json

{
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "name": "RevenueTracker",
    "description": "A angular 2 app",    
    "scripts": {
        "build": "webpack",
        "typings": "typings",
        "preinstall": "npm i -g bower",
        "postinstall": "typings install"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "jquery": "~1.11.3",
        "@angular/common": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/compiler": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/core": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/http": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/platform-browser": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/router": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/router-deprecated": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "@angular/upgrade": "2.0.0-rc.1",
        "systemjs": "0.19.26",
        "es6-shim": "^0.35.0",
        "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
        "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
        "zone.js": "^0.6.12",
        "highcharts": "^4.2.3",
        "ng2-highcharts": "^0.3.4",
        "moment": "^2.13.0"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "typescript": "^1.8.0",
        "typings": "^0.7.12",
        "gulp": "3.9.0",
        "gulp-bower": "^0.0.13",
        "gulp-uglify": "1.5.1",
        "gulp-concat": "2.6.0",
        "gulp-sourcemaps": "1.6.0",
        "require-dir": "0.3.0",
        "webpack": "^1.12.14",
        "webpack-merge": "^0.9.0",
        "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
        "ts-loader": "^0.8.1",
        "json-loader": "0.5.4"
    }
}

I don’t find any syntax error in package.json
I am trying from a long time but the same error exist. You will notice i have given absolute path for the entry as

entry: ‘main.ts’,

when i give relative path (entry: ‘./main’) it gives error
ERROR in Entry module not found: Error: Cannot resolve ‘file’ or ‘directory’ ./main in D:\ProjectPath

Then it resolves the path for main.ts and finally gives the error as mentioned above.
ERROR in Entry module not found: SyntaxError: D:\ProjectPath\package.json (directory description file): SyntaxError: Unexpected token

This is very strange behavior. Please let me know if anybody found same issue and how did u resolve?

Thank you.

Author: Fantashit

3 thoughts on “SyntaxError: Unexpected token (package.json) with Webpack”

  1. Thanks. I just made a temporary fix by changing Unicode(UTF-8 with signature) – Codepage 65001 encoding to Western European(Windows) with the Advanced save options available in visual studio. Its working fine now.

    Are we working on this for permanent solution ?

  3. @blackcloud2333 try to:

    1. copy content of package.json (skip the first line since from the error message I would say there is some special character hidden in the beginning of the file)
    2. remove package.json
    3. create new package.json file and paste content (retype first line)

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