Synopsis

npm adduser
alias: add-user

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Description

Create a new user in the specified registry, and save the credentials to the.npmrc file. If no registry is specified, the default registry will be used (seeregistry).

When usinglegacy for yourauth-type, the username, password, and email are read in from prompts.

Configuration

registry

• Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
• Type: URL

The base URL of the npm registry.

scope

• Default: the scope of the current project, if any, or ""
• Type: String

Associate an operation with a scope for a scoped registry.

Useful when logging in to or out of a private registry:

# log in, linking the scope to the custom registry
npm login--scope=@mycorp--registry=https://registry.mycorp.com
# log out, removing the link and the auth token
npmlogout--scope=@mycorp

This will cause@mycorp to be mapped to the registry for future installation of packages specified according to the pattern@mycorp/package.

This will also causenpm init to create a scoped package.

# accept all defaults, and create a package named "@foo/whatever",
# instead of just named "whatever"
npm init--scope=@foo--yes

auth-type

• Default: "web"
• Type: "legacy" or "web"

What authentication strategy to use withlogin. Note that if anotp config is given, this value will always be set tolegacy.

See Also

• npm registry
• npm config
• npmrc
• npm owner
• npm whoami
• npm token
• npm profile

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Last edited bylukekarrys onJanuary 1, 2023