Firebase deploy keeps giving me an Error: Parse Error in remoteconfig.template.json

Question

I am trying to deploy a web app with firebase but every time I run deploy I keep getting this error

Error: Parse Error in remoteconfig.template.json:

No data, empty input at 1:1

^
File: "remoteconfig.template.json"

Answer 1

You have a reference to a remoteconfig.template.json in your firebase.json files, but that template doesn't exist. This will typically look like:

  "remoteconfig": {
    "template": "remoteconfig.template.json"
  }

The solution is to find this section in your firebase.json file, and remove it.