NPM authentication with GitHub - eodeluga/dev-notes GitHub Wiki

NPM Authentication

• go here: https://github.com/settings/tokens.
• click "Generate new token".
• name it "NPM_AUTH_TOKEN".
• set the "Expiration" to 30 days (30 days is open to debate).
• tick the group checkbox for "repo".
• tick the checkbox for read:packages.
• click "Generate token".
• WRITE DOWN THE TOKEN!!!!!!!!!!! (you will never get to see it again).
• add export NPM_AUTH_TOKEN=TOKEN_HERE (where "TOKEN_HERE" is your newly generated token) to your ~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, or whatever you use.