Zapier validate method returns error - zapier

Question

. This is the error I get when I run "zapier validate" command. My package.json file has this code :
"name": "github-example-app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "An example app for the Zapier platform.",
"repository": "zapier/zapier-platform-app-github-example",
"homepage": "https://zapier.com/developer",
"author": "Zane Lyon <zane.lyon#zapier.com>",
"license": "BSD-3-Clause",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "node node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha --recursive"
},
"engines": {
"node": "8.10.0",
"npm": ">=5.6.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"zapier-platform-core": "^7.0.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"mocha": "^5.2.0",
"should": "^13.2.0"
}
and here is the package-lock.json code which shows the zapier-platform-core details:
"zapier-platform-core": {
"version": "7.0.0",
"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zapier-platform-core/-/zapier-platform-core-7.0.0.tgz",
"integrity": "sha512-8nJ9xs6Dig1/Hvvpcz3upD0lnPd/gg5YCpum2S5xLnsV5yuQXUcEIXuQq7T5PPksmQgO3ux57szN4EU2+q9RvA==",
"requires": {
"bluebird": "3.5.0",
"content-disposition": "0.5.2",
"dotenv": "5.0.1",
"form-data": "2.2.0",
"lodash": "4.17.10",
"node-fetch": "1.7.1",
"zapier-platform-schema": "7.0.0"
}
},
I tried changing the package.json code as
"dependencies": {
"zapier-platform-core": "^7.0.0"
},
to
"dependencies": {
"zapier-platform-core": "7.0.0"
},
after this I get the error
What must I do to resolve this ? This code was running fine two days back. What might have happened to cause this error?

Answer 1

David here, from the Zapier Platform team.
That error comes from here and pops up when we can't find zapier-platform-core in node_modules.
It seems like it should be there given what you posted. with "zapier-platform-core": "7.0.0" in your package.json, run rm -rf node_modules && npm i to make sure everything is fresh.
If that doesn't work, please open an issue at https://github.com/zapier/zapier-platform-cli/issues/new.