Error: failed to create new program: No such project

[thomasschus]

Following these steps on Linux Mint 21.1 Vera gives me the below error when trying to deploy my application with the Deta CLI:

Error: failed to create new program: No such project

I've already tried specifying name, project and runtime - without success. It feels like if Deta CLI does not detect my main.py.

What can I do?

[jnsougata]

do you have default project?
also can you add the commands you are trying?

[thomasschus]

That was it. I've missed creating the default project. I've simply not seen the step of creating a default project in this deployment guide. Cheers!

[MasterpieceElbow]

@jnsougata
Hi!
Can you explain what the 'default project' means?
I have the same issue as @thomasschus but I haven't found any information about having a default project.

[jnsougata]

If you are a new user visit https://web.deta.sh/ and create a new project named default or it will prompt you to create a default project under which your bases, drives and micros will be created if project is not mentioned with a CLI command

[MasterpieceElbow]

@jnsougata Thanks a lot!
Solution: you have to deta new --python first_micro for creating the first micro for python, it was mentioned almost nowhere.

[jnsougata]

@jnsougata Thanks a lot!

Solution: you have to deta new --python first_micro for creating the first micro for python, it was mentioned almost nowhere.

The first_micro is name of the micro you are creating and it's optional... if it's not given it will use root dir name as the name of the micro. The issue is due to the fact that your deta account didn't have a default project so CLI was unable to put the micro under the default project as you have not created it in deta cloud dashboard or you didn't specify the target project name with the CLI command.