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Why doesn't my Javascript file run?

  "name": "javascript-development-environment",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "CS 235 package.json file for programming projects",
  "scripts": {
    "prestart": "babel-node buildScripts/startMessage.js",
    "redditImgGet": "babel-node buildScripts/srcReddit.js",
    "install": "npm install",
    "start":"npm-run-all --parallel security-check open:src",
    "security-check": "nsp check",
    "open:src": "babel-node buildScripts/srcServer.js"
  },

This is currently my package.json. I am trying to call the script which obtains an image from reddit. The inside of srcReddit.js is shown below: 

var snoowrap = require('snoowrap');

console.log("Starting Reddit Image Fetcher");

const otherRequester = new snoowrap({
    userAgent: navigator.userAgent,
    clientId: 'Cf8kGqDSuT17xw',
    clientSecret: 'DDmMslUwMJW1ZM5JTc07zJDpC8k',
    username: 'sharan100',
    password: 'Magewindu100'
});

function getRandomInt(min, max) {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}

r.getHot().map(post => post.title).then(console.log);

console.log("Ending Reddit Image Fetcher");

For this, I am using the wrapper snoowrap for the reddit API. Now when I do a npm start, I for some reason get this below:

enter image description here

No idea why the console.log messages do not appear. Does anyone know why?

Solution

  • npm start runs the start task and it does not refer to the redditImgGet task at any time, it seems.

    I assume you should change your start task to

    npm-run-all --parallel security-check open:src redditImgGet

    Or just run the task directly

    npm run redditImgGet

    Otherwise, I don't see where you could expect the srcReddit file to log anything.