nodemon not working - sql

Question

When i run nodemon, it shows
[nodemon] 1.17.4
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: *.*
[nodemon] starting `node app.js`
But when i run npm start, everything works fine. Why is nodemon not working
my package.json
{
"name": "sarthakmedia",
"version": "0.0.0",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./bin/www"
},
"dependencies": {
"body-parser": "^1.18.3",
"cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
"cors": "^2.8.4",
"debug": "~2.6.9",
"express": "~4.16.0",
"express-mysql-session": "^1.3.0",
"express-session": "^1.15.6",
"git": "^0.1.5",
"http-errors": "~1.6.2",
"jade": "~1.11.0",
"morgan": "~1.9.0",
"mysql": "*",
"nodemon": "^1.17.4",
"pug": "2.0.0-beta11"
},
"description": "practise",
"main": "app.js",
"devDependencies": {},
"author": "Anita",
"license": "ISC"
}
The api's don't get called at all. nodemon starts fine though

Answer 1

try this
first step
in package.json file
"scripts":{
"start":"node app",
"dev":"nodemon app"
}
second step
install nodemon as devdependencies
using code npm i -D nodemon
3)in app.js file
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
// routes
app.get("/",(req,res)=>{
res.send("hello");
});
// server started
const port =process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(port,()=>{
console.log("server started at port 5000");
});
4)fourth step
use (npm run dev) in command line tool

Answer 2

Nodemon starts by running the file ./app.js.
But your start npm script (which works according to your question) runs a different file ./bin/www/index.js.
I think you should tell nodemon what file is your entry point.
Thus, you should edit the "main" entry in your package.json with the same value, e.g., ./bin/www. In fact, nodemon reads this value in your package.json in order to know what file to start with.

Answer 3

Just run your app with nodemon -w ./ when you are in app root directory.
-w stands for looking at the directory rather than 1 JS file. It is usefu; when you have more than 1 js you need to mon