Cannot start app: Error: Token authentication requires a token to be set

[ljones87]

Please see below issue. I had this problem initially, then deleted the repo and started again, no improvement. Steps documenting install and subsequent error message is below.
Thank you.

user@K1HV2F  ~/References $ git clone https://github.com/FrontendMasters/advanced-graphql.git
Cloning into 'advanced-graphql'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 211, done.
remote: Total 211 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 211
Receiving objects: 100% (211/211), 68.72 KiB | 1.06 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (112/112), done.
user@K1HV2F ~/References $ ls
Advanced-React		advanced-graphql
user@K1HV2F ~/References $ cd advanced-graphql/
user@K1HV2F ~/References/advanced-graphql(master) $ ls
README.md	package.json	tests
nodemon.json	src		yarn.lock
user@K1HV2F ~/References/advanced-graphql(master) $ yarn install
yarn install v1.9.4
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
error upath@1.0.4: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=4 <=9".
error Found incompatible module
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.
user@K1HV2F ~/References/advanced-graphql(master) $ yarn dev
yarn run v1.9.4
$ nodemon src/server
/bin/sh: nodemon: command not found
error Command failed with exit code 127.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
user@K1HV2F ~/References/advanced-graphql(master) $ npm install
npm WARN deprecated apollo-upload-server@7.1.0: Please migrate to https://npm.im/graphql-upload (see https://git.io/fADhl).
npm WARN deprecated left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()

> fsevents@1.2.9 install /Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/node_modules/fsevents
> node install

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
[fsevents] Success: "/Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node" is installed via remote

> core-js@2.6.9 postinstall /Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/node_modules/core-js
> node scripts/postinstall || echo "ignore"

Thank you for using core-js ( https://github.com/zloirock/core-js ) for polyfilling JavaScript standard library!

The project needs your help! Please consider supporting of core-js on Open Collective or Patreon:
> https://opencollective.com/core-js
> https://www.patreon.com/zloirock

Also, the author of core-js ( https://github.com/zloirock ) is looking for a good job -)


> nodemon@1.19.1 postinstall /Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/node_modules/nodemon
> node bin/postinstall || exit 0

npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN graphql-middleware@3.0.2 requires a peer of graphql@^14.1.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN adv-gql@1.0.0 No repository field.

added 895 packages from 589 contributors and audited 19509 packages in 15.661s
found 63 low severity vulnerabilities
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
user@K1HV2F ~/References/advanced-graphql(master) $ npm run dev

> adv-gql@1.0.0 dev /Users/user/References/advanced-graphql
> nodemon src/server

[nodemon] 1.19.1
[nodemon] reading config ./nodemon.json
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] or send SIGHUP to 22355 to restart
[nodemon] watching: src/**/* index.js config.js
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,json,graphql
[nodemon] forking
[nodemon] child pid: 22357
[nodemon] watching 18 files
[before-after-hook]: "Hook()" repurposing warning, use "Hook.Collection()". Read more: https://git.io/upgrade-before-after-hook-to-1.4
/Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/node_modules/@octokit/rest/lib/plugins/authentication/authenticate.js:26
        throw new Error('Token authentication requires a token to be set')
        ^

Error: Token authentication requires a token to be set
    at authenticate (/Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/node_modules/@octokit/rest/lib/plugins/authentication/authenticate.js:26:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/src/api/github.js:4:11)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:690:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/user/References/advanced-graphql/src/api/loaders.js:4:25)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:690:17)
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

[hagnerd]

Hey I know it has been a while since you opened up this issue but did you ever get it resolved? If not, I believe the step you are missing is to add a .env file with your GITHUB_TOKEN set inside of it. The .env-sample should show you an example of what it looks like.

[gregknudsen-zz]

Hi @ljones87
I had this exact same error, and I believe I just fixed it. First off, my .env was not in the top level of the repo. Once I moved it up a folder, I received a different error. And this error was corrected by just populating the project.graphql with a simple schema. If you run yarn dev and navigate to localhost:5000/docs, it should work now.

Hope this helps!