What is wrong with my composer.json file? - json

Question

I am getting a composer error and I don't understand what is wrong. The json file look fine to me.
[Seld\JsonLint\ParsingException]
"./composer.json" does not contain valid JSON
Parse error on line 88:
...] } "patches": {
--------------------^
Expected one of: 'EOF', '}', ',', ']'
composer.json in the gist below
https://gist.github.com/MrPaulDriver/89d6573e654815d75368cae121076acb

Answer 1

You are missing a , before the patches section, adjust to:
{
"name": "drupal-composer/drupal-project",
"description": "Project template for Drupal 8 projects with composer",
"type": "project",
"license": "GPL-2.0+",
"authors": [
{
"name": "",
"role": ""
}
],
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "https://packages.drupal.org/8"
}
],
"require": {
"composer/installers": "^1.2",
"cweagans/composer-patches": "^1.6",
"drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold": "^2.2",
"drupal/admin_toolbar": "^1.19",
"drupal/block_class": "1.x-dev",
"drupal/coffee": "1.x-dev",
"drupal/console": "~1.0",
"drupal/core": "~8.0",
"drupal/devel": "1.x-dev",
"drupal/ds": "^3.1",
"drupal/easy_breadcrumb": "^1.6",
"drupal/field_group": "3.x-dev",
"drupal/flexslider": "2.x-dev",
"drupal/google_analytics": "^2.1",
"drupal/metatag": "^1.1",
"drupal/neato": "^1.6",
"drupal/pathauto": "^1.0",
"drupal/responsive_menu": "^2.4",
"drupal/smart_trim": "1.x-dev",
"drupal/token": "^1.0",
"drush/drush": "~8.0",
"webflo/drupal-finder": "^0.3.0",
"webmozart/path-util": "^2.3"
},
"require-dev": {
"behat/mink": "~1.7",
"behat/mink-goutte-driver": "~1.2",
"jcalderonzumba/gastonjs": "~1.0.2",
"jcalderonzumba/mink-phantomjs-driver": "~0.3.1",
"mikey179/vfsstream": "~1.2",
"phpunit/phpunit": ">=4.8.28 <5",
"symfony/css-selector": "~2.8"
},
"conflict": {
"drupal/drupal": "*"
},
"minimum-stability": "dev",
"prefer-stable": true,
"config": {
"sort-packages": true
},
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"scripts/composer/ScriptHandler.php"
]
},
"scripts": {
"drupal-scaffold": "DrupalComposer\\DrupalScaffold\\Plugin::scaffold",
"pre-install-cmd": [
"DrupalProject\\composer\\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion"
],
"pre-update-cmd": [
"DrupalProject\\composer\\ScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion"
],
"post-install-cmd": [
"DrupalProject\\composer\\ScriptHandler::createRequiredFiles"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"DrupalProject\\composer\\ScriptHandler::createRequiredFiles"
]
},
"extra": {
"installer-paths": {
"web/core": ["type:drupal-core"],
"web/libraries/{$name}": ["type:drupal-library"],
"web/modules/contrib/{$name}": ["type:drupal-module"],
"web/profiles/contrib/{$name}": ["type:drupal-profile"],
"web/themes/contrib/{$name}": ["type:drupal-theme"],
"drush/contrib/{$name}": ["type:drupal-drush"]
},
"patches": {
"drupal/responsive_menu": {
"Disable keyboard input": "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/off_canvas_menu-2826965-11.patch"
}
}
}
}
Note You might want to use something like https://jsonlint.com, or a proper IDE that will let you know if something is wrong with a JSON file.