Command json-server --watch db.json is not working - it returns"'json-server' command not found"

Question

I set a JSON file to use as a little practice database, but I can't run the server.

I've already tried to install (and reinstall) json-server global and locally npm install -g json-server and npm install json-server and then run json-server --watch db.json, but it doesn't work.

I've also tried to set a script in the package.json file "load": "json-server --watch db.json" and run the script node load.

But nothing seems to work and I keep getting in return the message:

"'json-server' command not found"

or, in Portuguese:

"'json-server' não é reconhecido como um comando interno ou externo, um programa operável ou um arquivo em lotes".

How can I fix this?

Solution 1

Try:

npx json-server --watch db.json

Solution 2

Check if this might help you.

Open the git bash(assume you have on your local machine) and execute below command: alias json-server="<..../node_modules/.bin/json-server.cmd>" ---> IGNORE <, > symbols and .... is the location where your node_modules folder is present

Then run json-server --watch db.json

Comments

[Marco]

this helped me - but why?

[Alexander Cherednichenko]

this way with npx also works for me 👍