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title: npm-ping
section: 1

description: Ping npm registry

Synopsis

npm ping

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Description

Ping the configured or given npm registry and verify authentication.
If it works it will output something like:

npm notice PING https://registry.npmjs.org/
npm notice PONG 255ms

otherwise you will get an error:
bash npm notice PING http://foo.com/ npm ERR! code E404 npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET http://www.foo.com/-/ping?write=true

Configuration

registry

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

The base URL of the npm registry.

See Also

• npm doctor
• npm config
• npmrc