[BUG] v1.19 expects settings.json even though it is not required.

[arunned]

Describe the bug

v1.19 swiches to settings.yaml file to load settings. however, if the settings.json file is not found, then it gives an error when starting. from log file

Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, watch '/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/.nostr/settings.json' Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at FSWatcher. (node:internal/fs/watchers:247:19) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Object.watch (node:fs:2304:36) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at SettingsStatic.watchSettings (/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/utils/settings.js:104:26) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at App.run (/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/app/app.js:34:51) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Object. (/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/index.js:33:30) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1239:14) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1293:10) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1096:32) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:935:12) Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:84:12) { Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: errno: -2, Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: syscall: 'watch', Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: code: 'ENOENT', Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: path: '/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/.nostr/settings.json', Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: filename: '/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/.nostr/settings.json' Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: } Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2759]: Node.js v19.4.0 Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: nostr.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: nostr.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 02 22:12:06 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: nostr.service: Consumed 1.648s CPU time. Feb 02 22:12:11 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: nostr.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. Feb 02 22:12:11 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: Stopped NOSTR relay daemon. Feb 02 22:12:11 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: nostr.service: Consumed 1.648s CPU time. Feb 02 22:12:11 ip-172-31-31-228 systemd[1]: Started NOSTR relay daemon. Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: 2023-02-02T22:12:13.134Z primary:app-primary starting Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: 2023-02-02T22:12:13.137Z primary:app-primary started Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: node:internal/fs/watchers:255 Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: throw error; Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: ^ Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, watch '/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/.nostr/settings.json' Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at FSWatcher. (node:internal/fs/watchers:247:19) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Object.watch (node:fs:2304:36) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at SettingsStatic.watchSettings (/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/utils/settings.js:104:26) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at App.run (/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/app/app.js:34:51) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Object. (/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/index.js:33:30) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1239:14) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1293:10) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1096:32) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:935:12) Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:84:12) { Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: errno: -2, Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: syscall: 'watch', Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: code: 'ENOENT', Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: path: '/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/.nostr/settings.json', Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: filename: '/home/ubuntu/nostream-1.19.0/dist/src/.nostr/settings.json' Feb 02 22:12:13 ip-172-31-31-228 node[2769]: }

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[nohea]

confirmed. I got the error on a new install. After i did:

touch .nostr/settings.json
npm run dev

... it started up

[nohea]

never mind - i found the problem in src/utils/settings.ts it has to be settings.yaml , not .yml

if i renamed the file, it runs

[antonleviathan]

This PR fixes this. If the issue persists please let us know.