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title: npm-whoami
section: 1

description: Display npm username

Synopsis

npm whoami

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Description

Display the npm username of the currently logged-in user.

If logged into a registry that provides token-based authentication, then
connect to the /-/whoami registry endpoint to find the username
associated with the token, and print to standard output.

If logged into a registry that uses Basic Auth, then simply print the
username portion of the authentication string.

Configuration

registry

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

The base URL of the npm registry.

See Also

• npm config
• npmrc
• npm adduser