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NPM-PROFILE(1) General Commands Manual NPM-PROFILE(1)

NAME

npm-profile

Synopsis

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Description

Change your profile information on the registry.
Note that this command depends on the registry implementation, so third-party registries may not support this interface.

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npm profile get [<property>]: Display all of the properties of your profile, or one or more specific properties.
It looks like: 

name: example
email: e@example.com (verified)
two-factor auth: auth-and-writes
fullname: Example User
homepage:
freenode:
twitter:
github:
created: 2015-02-26T01:38:35.892Z
updated: 2017-10-02T21:29:45.922Z

  • npm profile set <property> <value>: Set the value of a profile property.
    You can set the following properties this way: email, fullname, homepage, freenode, twitter, github
  • npm profile set password: Change your password.
    This is interactive, you'll be prompted for your current password and a new password.
    You'll also be prompted for an OTP if you have two-factor authentication enabled.
  • npm profile enable-2fa [auth-and-writes|auth-only]: Enables two-factor authentication.
    Defaults to auth-and-writes mode.
    Modes are:

  • auth-only: Require an OTP when logging in or making changes to your account's authentication.
    The OTP will be required on both the website and the command line.
  • auth-and-writes: Requires an OTP at all the times auth-only does, and also requires one when publishing a module, setting the latest dist-tag, or changing access via npm access and npm owner.

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npm profile disable-2fa: Disables two-factor authentication.

Details

Some of these commands may not be available on non npmjs.com registries.

Configuration

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See Also

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

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