Getting a SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'v', "version ht"... is not valid JSON on github connection

[gabrielAHN]

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App Id

New_app

AWS Region

us-east-1

Amplify Hosting feature

Git providers

Describe the bug

When connecting github I am getting this error

Checking github all is authorized as seen below:

Have uninstalled and reinstalled the above application not sure what else

Expected behavior

To be able to connect to github repo

Reproduction steps

1. start new amplify application
2. Try to connect github to branches, and getting error

Build Settings

there is none

Log output

There was an error detecting your build settings.
SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'v', "version ht"... is not valid JSON

Additional information

No response

[SamKomesarook]

@gabrielAHN how are you going to build & deploy without any build settings? They're probably required by amplify..

[gabrielAHN]

@gabrielAHN how are you going to build & deploy without any build settings? They're probably required by amplify..

Yes but doesn’t amplify create a build setting if it doesn’t detect it? Also, had one in my repo with the same effect sadly

[SamKomesarook]

@gabrielAHN I couldn't find that in the docs, but the build script should be set in the Amplify setup steps, not present in the repo. Could you share the build script you tested with and what framework you're using?

[gabrielAHN]

Here would be it amplify.yml.zip
And using react framework

[ghost]

Hi @gabrielAHN 👋🏽 can you confirm if you have any errors in your package.json file? I was not able to return the same exact error that you're seeing but I added some non-JSON text to package.json and returned a similar error There was an error detecting your build settings. when trying to select that repository.

If you could provide us a repo that reproduces the same error, that would help us determine the issue.

[gabrielAHN]

Hey @hloriii 👋

Just sent an invite to the repo ghn let us know if you were able to get access and are able to replicate the behavior?

[gabrielAHN]

Hey found it is related to the package.json being in the directory, which is confusing since package.json is needed. How would I fix this?

When I remove package json it stops working

[ghost]

Hi @gabrielAHN thanks for providing the additional information. I'll take a look at the package.json and try to pinpoint the issue. Will update shortly.

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