<!doctype html> <html> <title>npm-config</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../static/style.css"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-config.html"> <script async=true src="../../static/toc.js"></script> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config</a></h1> <p>Manage the npm configuration files</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>npm config set <key> <value> [-g|--global] npm config get <key> npm config delete <key> npm config list [-l] [--json] npm config edit npm get <key> npm set <key> <value> [-g|--global] aliases: c</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>npm gets its config settings from the command line, environment variables, <code>npmrc</code> files, and in some cases, the <code>package.json</code> file.</p> <p>See <a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a> for more information about the npmrc files.</p> <p>See <code><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></code> for a more thorough discussion of the mechanisms involved.</p> <p>The <code>npm config</code> command can be used to update and edit the contents of the user and global npmrc files.</p> <h2 id="sub-commands">Sub-commands</h2> <p>Config supports the following sub-commands:</p> <h3 id="set">set</h3> <pre><code>npm config set key value</code></pre><p>Sets the config key to the value.</p> <p>If value is omitted, then it sets it to "true".</p> <h3 id="get">get</h3> <pre><code>npm config get key</code></pre><p>Echo the config value to stdout.</p> <h3 id="list">list</h3> <pre><code>npm config list</code></pre><p>Show all the config settings. Use <code>-l</code> to also show defaults. Use <code>--json</code> to show the settings in json format.</p> <h3 id="delete">delete</h3> <pre><code>npm config delete key</code></pre><p>Deletes the key from all configuration files.</p> <h3 id="edit">edit</h3> <pre><code>npm config edit</code></pre><p>Opens the config file in an editor. Use the <code>--global</code> flag to edit the global config.</p> <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li> </ul> </div> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=npmlogo> <tr><td style="width:180px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=18> </td></tr> <tr><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td colspan=6 style="width:60px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2 style="width:20px;height:30px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=4 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:20px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=2> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:60px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=6> </td><td colspan=10 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=5 style="width:50px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:90px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=9> </td></tr> </table> <p id="footer">npm-config — npm@6.5.0</p>