Getting Error when with 'npm start'

[orbonnie]

Terminal throws error "new Error('username is required');" when I run npm start.

[darleendenno]

Terminal throws error "new Error('username is required');" when I run npm start.

This happens for me as well. Does this repository need to be updated?

[tesla809]

For Mac:
If you submitted your API and AUTH keys into ~./bash_profile, then you will need to restart your terminal.

Just exit your terminal program completely. Then go back in, navigate to your project directory and run npm start

Hope this helps.

[r-comstock]

I am getting the same error. I am on Windows 10 and ran the setx commands. I tried restarting the terminal and that did not help.

[alankleindev]

For the Windows environmental steps:

setx TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID 'ACXXXXXXXXX'
setx TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN 'XXXXXXXXX'
setx TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER '+16518675309'

Don't use the starting and closing apostrophe (i.e. ' and ').

So do this instead:

setx TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID ACXXXXXXXXX
setx TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN XXXXXXXXX
setx TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER +16518675309

Also once setting these, close your CMD session and reopen it, then run npm start.

[mstem]

Thanks @alankleindev! It might be good to update the readme with this info