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npm-config(1) -- Manage the npm configuration file
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## SYNOPSIS
npm config set <key> <value> [--global]
npm config get <key>
npm config delete <key>
npm config list
npm config edit
npm get <key>
npm set <key> <value> [--global]
## DESCRIPTION
npm gets its configuration values from 6 sources, in this priority:
### Command Line Flags
Putting `--foo bar` on the command line sets the
`foo` configuration parameter to `"bar"`. A `--` argument tells the cli
parser to stop reading flags. A `--flag` parameter that is at the *end* of
the command will be given the value of `true`.
### Environment Variables
Any environment variables that start with `npm_config_` will be interpreted
as a configuration parameter. For example, putting `npm_config_foo=bar` in
your environment will set the `foo` configuration parameter to `bar`. Any
environment configurations that are not given a value will be given the value
of `true`. Config values are case-insensitive, so `NPM_CONFIG_FOO=bar` will
work the same.
### Per-user config file
`$HOME/.npmrc` (or the `userconfig` param, if set above)
This file is an ini-file formatted list of `key = value` parameters.
### Global config file
`$PREFIX/etc/npmrc` (or the `globalconfig` param, if set above):
This file is an ini-file formatted list of `key = value` parameters
### Built-in config file
`path/to/npm/itself/npmrc`
This is an unchangeable "builtin"
configuration file that npm keeps consistent across updates. Set
fields in here using the `./configure` script that comes with npm.
This is primarily for distribution maintainers to override default
configs in a standard and consistent manner.
### Default Configs
A set of configuration parameters that are internal to npm, and are
defaults if nothing else is specified.
## Sub-commands
Config supports the following sub-commands:
### set
npm config set key value
Sets the config key to the value.
If value is omitted, then it sets it to "true".
### get
npm config get key
Echo the config value to stdout.
### list
npm config list
Show all the config settings.
### delete
npm config delete key
Deletes the key from all configuration files.
### edit
npm config edit
Opens the config file in an editor. Use the `--global` flag to edit the
global config.
## Shorthands and Other CLI Niceties
The following shorthands are parsed on the command-line:
* `-v`: `--version`
* `-h`, `-?`, `--help`, `-H`: `--usage`
* `-s`, `--silent`: `--loglevel silent`
* `-d`: `--loglevel info`
* `-dd`, `--verbose`: `--loglevel verbose`
* `-ddd`: `--loglevel silly`
* `-g`: `--global`
* `-l`: `--long`
* `-m`: `--message`
* `-p`, `--porcelain`: `--parseable`
* `-reg`: `--registry`
* `-v`: `--version`
* `-f`: `--force`
* `-l`: `--long`
* `-desc`: `--description`
* `-S`: `--save`
* `-y`: `--yes`
* `-n`: `--yes false`
* `ll` and `la` commands: `ls --long`
If the specified configuration param resolves unambiguously to a known
configuration parameter, then it is expanded to that configuration
parameter. For example:
npm ls --par
# same as:
npm ls --parseable
If multiple single-character shorthands are strung together, and the
resulting combination is unambiguously not some other configuration
param, then it is expanded to its various component pieces. For
example:
npm ls -gpld
# same as:
npm ls --global --parseable --long --loglevel info
## Per-Package Config Settings
When running scripts (see `npm-scripts(1)`)
the package.json "config" keys are overwritten in the environment if
there is a config param of `<name>[@<version>]:<key>`. For example, if
the package.json has this:
{ "name" : "foo"
, "config" : { "port" : "8080" }
, "scripts" : { "start" : "node server.js" } }
and the server.js is this:
http.createServer(...).listen(process.env.npm_package_config_port)
then the user could change the behavior by doing:
npm config set foo:port 80
## Config Settings
### always-auth
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Force npm to always require authentication when accessing the registry,
even for `GET` requests.
### bin-publish
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
If set to true, then binary packages will be created on publish.
This is the way to opt into the "bindist" behavior described below.
### bindist
* Default: Unstable node versions, `null`, otherwise
`"<node version>-<platform>-<os release>"`
* Type: String or `null`
Experimental: on stable versions of node, binary distributions will be
created with this tag. If a user then installs that package, and their
`bindist` tag is found in the list of binary distributions, they will
get that prebuilt version.
Pre-build node packages have their preinstall, install, and postinstall
scripts stripped (since they are run prior to publishing), and do not
have their `build` directories automatically ignored.
It's yet to be seen if this is a good idea.
### browser
* Default: OS X: `"open"`, others: `"google-chrome"`
* Type: String
The browser that is called by the `npm docs` command to open websites.
### ca
* Default: The npm CA certificate
* Type: String or null
The Certificate Authority signing certificate that is trusted for SSL
connections to the registry.
Set to `null` to only allow "known" registrars, or to a specific CA cert
to trust only that specific signing authority.
See also the `strict-ssl` config.
### cache
* Default: Windows: `%APPDATA%\npm-cache`, Posix: `~/.npm`
* Type: path
The location of npm's cache directory. See `npm-cache(1)`
### color
* Default: true on Posix, false on Windows
* Type: Boolean or `"always"`
If false, never shows colors. If `"always"` then always shows colors.
If true, then only prints color codes for tty file descriptors.
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### coverage
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
A flag to tell test-harness to run with their coverage options enabled,
if they respond to the `npm_config_coverage` environment variable.
### depth
* Default: Infinity
* Type: Number
The depth to go when recursing directories for `npm ls` and
`npm cache ls`.
### description
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
Show the description in `npm search`
### dev
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Install `dev-dependencies` along with packages.
Note that `dev-dependencies` are also installed if the `npat` flag is
set.
### editor
* Default: `EDITOR` environment variable if set, or `"vi"` on Posix,
or `"notepad"` on Windows.
* Type: path
The command to run for `npm edit` or `npm config edit`.
### force
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Makes various commands more forceful.
* lifecycle script failure does not block progress.
* publishing clobbers previously published versions.
* skips cache when requesting from the registry.
* prevents checks against clobbering non-npm files.
### global
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the
`prefix` folder instead of the current working directory. See
`npm-folders(1)` for more on the differences in behavior.
* packages are installed into the `prefix/node_modules` folder, instead of the
current working directory.
* bin files are linked to `prefix/bin`
* man pages are linked to `prefix/share/man`
### globalconfig
* Default: {prefix}/etc/npmrc
* Type: path
The config file to read for global config options.
### globalignorefile
* Default: {prefix}/etc/npmignore
* Type: path
The config file to read for global ignore patterns to apply to all users
and all projects.
If not found, but there is a "gitignore" file in the
same directory, then that will be used instead.
### group
* Default: GID of the current process
* Type: String or Number
The group to use when running package scripts in global mode as the root
user.
### https-proxy
* Default: the `HTTPS_PROXY` or `https_proxy` or `HTTP_PROXY` or
`http_proxy` environment variables.
* Type: url
A proxy to use for outgoing https requests.
### ignore
* Default: ""
* Type: string
A white-space separated list of glob patterns of files to always exclude
from packages when building tarballs.
### init.version
* Default: "0.0.0"
* Type: semver
The value `npm init` should use by default for the package version.
### init.author.name
* Default: "0.0.0"
* Type: String
The value `npm init` should use by default for the package author's name.
### init.author.email
* Default: ""
* Type: String
The value `npm init` should use by default for the package author's email.
### init.author.url
* Default: ""
* Type: String
The value `npm init` should use by default for the package author's homepage.
### link
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
If true, then local installs will link if there is a suitable globally
installed package.
Note that this means that local installs can cause things to be
installed into the global space at the same time. The link is only done
if one of the two conditions are met:
* The package is not already installed globally, or
* the globally installed version is identical to the version that is
being installed locally.
### logfd
* Default: stderr file descriptor
* Type: Number or Stream
The location to write log output.
### loglevel
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* Default: "http"
* Type: String
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* Values: "silent", "win", "error", "warn", "http", "info", "verbose", "silly"
What level of logs to report. On failure, *all* logs are written to
`npm-debug.log` in the current working directory.
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Any logs of a higher level than the setting are shown.
The default is "http", which shows http, warn, and error output.
### logprefix
* Default: true on Posix, false on Windows
* Type: Boolean
Whether or not to prefix log messages with "npm" and the log level. See
also "color" and "loglevel".
### long
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Show extended information in `npm ls`
### message
* Default: "%s"
* Type: String
Commit message which is used by `npm version` when creating version commit.
Any "%s" in the message will be replaced with the version number.
### node-version
* Default: process.version
* Type: semver or false
The node version to use when checking package's "engines" hash.
### npat
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Run tests on installation and report results to the
`npaturl`.
### npaturl
* Default: Not yet implemented
* Type: url
The url to report npat test results.
### onload-script
* Default: false
* Type: path
A node module to `require()` when npm loads. Useful for programmatic
usage.
### outfd
* Default: standard output file descriptor
* Type: Number or Stream
Where to write "normal" output. This has no effect on log output.
### parseable
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Output parseable results from commands that write to
standard output.
### prefix
* Default: node's process.installPrefix
* Type: path
The location to install global items. If set on the command line, then
it forces non-global commands to run in the specified folder.
### production
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Set to true to run in "production" mode.
1. devDependencies are not installed at the topmost level when running
local `npm install` without any arguments.
2. Set the NODE_ENV="production" for lifecycle scripts.
### proprietary-attribs
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
Whether or not to include proprietary extended attributes in the
tarballs created by npm.
Unless you are expecting to unpack package tarballs with something other
than npm -- particularly a very outdated tar implementation -- leave
this as true.
### proxy
* Default: `HTTP_PROXY` or `http_proxy` environment variable, or null
* Type: url
A proxy to use for outgoing http requests.
### rebuild-bundle
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
Rebuild bundled dependencies after installation.
### registry
* Default: https://registry.npmjs.org/
* Type: url
The base URL of the npm package registry.
### rollback
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
Remove failed installs.
### save
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Save installed packages to a package.json file as dependencies.
Only works if there is already a package.json file present.
### searchopts
* Default: ""
* Type: String
Space-separated options that are always passed to search.
### searchexclude
* Default: ""
* Type: String
Space-separated options that limit the results from search.
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### searchsort
* Default: "name"
* Type: String
* Values: "name", "-name", "date", "-date", "description",
"-description", "keywords", "-keywords"
Indication of which field to sort search results by. Prefix with a `-`
character to indicate reverse sort.
### shell
* Default: SHELL environment variable, or "bash" on Posix, or "cmd" on
Windows
* Type: path
The shell to run for the `npm explore` command.
### strict-ssl
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
Whether or not to do SSL key validation when making requests to the
registry via https.
See also the `ca` config.
### tag
* Default: latest
* Type: String
If you ask npm to install a package and don't tell it a specific version, then
it will install the specified tag.
Also the tag that is added to the package@version specified by the `npm
tag` command, if no explicit tag is given.
### tmp
* Default: TMPDIR environment variable, or "/tmp"
* Type: path
Where to store temporary files and folders. All temp files are deleted
on success, but left behind on failure for forensic purposes.
### unicode
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
When set to true, npm uses unicode characters in the tree output. When
false, it uses ascii characters to draw trees.
### unsafe-perm
* Default: false if running as root, true otherwise
* Type: Boolean
Set to true to suppress the UID/GID switching when running package
scripts. If set explicitly to false, then installing as a non-root user
will fail.
### usage
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Set to show short usage output (like the -H output)
instead of complete help when doing `npm-help(1)`.
### user
* Default: "nobody"
* Type: String or Number
The UID to set to when running package scripts as root.
### username
* Default: null
* Type: String
The username on the npm registry. Set with `npm adduser`
### userconfig
* Default: ~/.npmrc
* Type: path
The location of user-level configuration settings.
### userignorefile
* Default: ~/.npmignore
* Type: path
The location of a user-level ignore file to apply to all packages.
If not found, but there is a .gitignore file in the same directory, then
that will be used instead.
### umask
* Default: 022
* Type: Octal numeric string
The "umask" value to use when setting the file creation mode on files
and folders.
Folders and executables are given a mode which is `0777` masked against
this value. Other files are given a mode which is `0666` masked against
this value. Thus, the defaults are `0755` and `0644` respectively.
### version
* Default: false
* Type: boolean
If true, output the npm version and exit successfully.
Only relevant when specified explicitly on the command line.
### viewer
* Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows
* Type: path
The program to use to view help content.
Set to `"browser"` to view html help content in the default web browser.
### yes
* Default: null
* Type: Boolean or null
If set to `null`, then prompt the user for responses in some
circumstances.
If set to `true`, then answer "yes" to any prompt. If set to `false`
then answer "no" to any prompt.
## SEE ALSO
* npm-folders(1)
* npm(1)