# Zoom Meeting Web SDK "npm start" error

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201>\
**Category:** Web\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [March 6, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201 "2023-03-06T11:29:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![kavita.agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kavita.agarwal](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/kavita.agarwal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/1 "2023-03-06T11:29:37Z")

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When I run npm start, I encounter the following problem.

events.js:292  
throw er; // Unhandled ‘error’ event  
^

Error: spawn chrome ENOENT  
at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:269:19)  
at onErrorNT (internal/child\_process.js:465:16)  
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task\_queues.js:80:21)  
Emitted ‘error’ event on ChildProcess instance at:  
at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:275:12)  
at onErrorNT (internal/child\_process.js:465:16)  
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task\_queues.js:80:21) {  
errno: -2,  
code: ‘ENOENT’,  
syscall: ‘spawn chrome’,  
path: ‘chrome’,  
spawnargs: [‘[https://xxxxx.com:9999/index.html](https://xxxxx.com:9999/index.html)’ ]  
}  
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE  
npm ERR! errno 1  
npm ERR! websdk-cdn@2.9.0 start: `set NODE_ENV=development && set BABEL_ENV=development && node corp.js --corp`  
npm ERR! Exit status 1  
npm ERR!  
npm ERR! Failed at the websdk-cdn@2.9.0 start script.  
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:  
npm ERR! /root/.npm/\_logs/2023-03-06T11\_23\_23\_775Z-debug.log

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**Author:** ![kavita.agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kavita.agarwal](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/kavita.agarwal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/2 "2023-03-06T11:36:53Z")

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This is the content of the log file:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok  
1 verbose cli [‘/usr/local/nodejs/bin/node’, ‘/usr/local/bin/npm’, ‘start’]  
2 info using npm@6.14.12  
3 info using node@v14.16.1  
4 verbose run-script [‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’]  
5 info lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~prestart: websdk-cdn@2.9.0  
6 info lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: websdk-cdn@2.9.0  
7 verbose lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true  
8 verbose lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: PATH: /usr/local/nodejs/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/ajitasap/Zoom-Web-SDK-2.9.0/node\_modules/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/ajitasap/.local/bin:/home/ajitasap/bin  
9 verbose lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: CWD: /home/ajitasap/Zoom-Web-SDK-2.9.0  
10 silly lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: Args: [  
10 silly lifecycle ‘-c’,  
10 silly lifecycle ‘set NODE\_ENV=development && set BABEL\_ENV=development && node corp.js --corp’  
10 silly lifecycle ]  
11 silly lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null  
12 info lifecycle websdk-cdn@2.9.0~start: Failed to exec start script  
13 verbose stack Error: websdk-cdn@2.9.0 start: `set NODE_ENV=development && set BABEL_ENV=development && node corp.js --corp`  
13 verbose stack Exit status 1  
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/nodejs/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:332:16)  
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:315:20)  
13 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/nodejs/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)  
13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)  
13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child\_process.js:1048:16)  
13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:288:5)  
14 verbose pkgid websdk-cdn@2.9.0  
15 verbose cwd /home/ajitasap/Zoom-Web-SDK-2.9.0  
16 verbose Linux 3.10.0-1160.24.1.el7.x86\_64  
17 verbose argv “/usr/local/nodejs/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start”  
18 verbose node v14.16.1  
19 verbose npm v6.14.12  
20 error code ELIFECYCLE  
21 error errno 1  
22 error websdk-cdn@2.9.0 start: `set NODE_ENV=development && set BABEL_ENV=development && node corp.js --corp`  
22 error Exit status 1  
23 error Failed at the websdk-cdn@2.9.0 start script.  
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.  
24 verbose exit [1, true]

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**Author:** ![freelancer.nak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/freelancer.nak/32/40968_2.png) [@freelancer.nak](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/freelancer.nak)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/3 "2023-03-06T12:33:12Z")

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@kavita.agarwal Here are the sessions regarding WebSDK Integrations

- [Zoom Meeting SDK Integration with VueJS](https://youtu.be/CMpe56VoTTo)
- [Zoom Meeting SDK Integration with ReactJS](https://youtu.be/4BgkLvH7T0Y)
- [Zoom Meeting SDK Integration with AngularJS](https://youtu.be/utXjISjjHOY)
- [NextJS - Zoom WebSDK Component View](https://youtu.be/mwta4hZOtpc)← Here described Component View Videos Rendering Sizes
- [Zoom Meeting SDK Client View Integration](https://youtu.be/zaIhI_BZKJo)

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**Author:** ![kavita.agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kavita.agarwal](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/kavita.agarwal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/4 "2023-03-06T14:28:37Z")

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I am using nodejs.

errno: -2,  
code: ‘ENOENT’,  
syscall: ‘spawn chrome’,  
path: ‘chrome’,

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**Author:** ![freelancer.nak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/freelancer.nak/32/40968_2.png) [@freelancer.nak](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/freelancer.nak)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/5 "2023-03-06T15:01:25Z")

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@kavita.agarwal

In the above sessions, all the Zoom WebSDK integration demos are done.

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**Author:** ![kavita.agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kavita.agarwal](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/kavita.agarwal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/6 "2023-03-06T15:31:11Z")

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Yes, I watched those videos but it didn’t solve my problem, I just downloaded the Web SDK 2.10.1 and then changed the port, domain name and certificate. But when I run “npm start”, it reports the above error. Please help. Thanks

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/7 "2023-03-30T19:05:38Z")

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Hi @kavita.agarwal  
Thanks for reaching out to us.  
Are you still experiencing this issue?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-meeting-web-sdk-npm-start-error/84201/8 "2023-04-30T05:06:07Z")

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