I found an npm package for this: Install npm-cli-login and in the terminal/scripts use it as below: npm-cli-login -u testUser -p testPass -e test@example.com I found two other ways to pass the credentials without the need to use an external command, but be aware that these commands might not work in environments such as Jenkins. … Read more
You need to generate a personal access token on Github and add it to your npm config in addition to setting the registry in the npm config: In Github navigate to https://github.com/settings/tokens (Settings > Developer settings > Personal access tokens) and you should see something like this: Click Generate new token From the permissions select … Read more
TL;DR: Make an HTTP request directly to the registry: TOKEN=$(curl -s \ -H “Accept: application/json” \ -H “Content-Type:application/json” \ -X PUT –data ‘{“name”: “username_here”, “password”: “password_here”}’ \ http://your_registry/-/user/org.couchdb.user:username_here 2>&1 | grep -Po \ ‘(?<=”token”: “)[^”]*’) npm set registry “http://your_registry” npm set //your_registry/:_authToken $TOKEN Rationale Behind the scenes npm adduser makes an HTTP request to the … Read more