npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript

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Newbie node question. I am not able to get my project running anymore.

{ "name": "MyApp", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1", "start": "node app.js dev2" }, "author": "", "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { "async-await": "^0.1.32", "asyncawait": "^1.0.3", "body-parser": "^1.14.2", "deasync": "", "ejs": "^2.4.1", "express": "^4.13.4", "gulp": "^3.9.0", "gulp-concat": "", "gulp-filelist": "^0.2.0", "gulp-foreach": "^0.1.0", "gulp-remove-files": "0.0.3", "gulp-rename": "", "gulp-uglify": "", "gulp-watch": "^4.3.5", "mongoose": "^4.4.1", "mongoose-ttl": "0.0.3", "node-inspector": "^0.12.5", "promise": "^7.1.1", "rootpath": "^0.1.2" }, "devDependencies": { "browser-sync": "^2.11.1", "gulp": "^3.9.1" } }

1726 error Failed to parse json
1726 error Unexpected token '\u0000' at 1:1
1726 error 
1726 error ^
1727 error File: C:\Users\dir\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\accepts\1.2.13\package\package.json
1728 error Failed to parse package.json data.
1728 error package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.

loadaverage loadaverage · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-05T03:23:28

error Unexpected token '\u0000' at 1:1

seems that u have null character at first line and 1 character

can u provide package.json on pastebin or similar?

npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript

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