npm behind a proxy fails with status 403

Question

I\'m trying to run npm behind a proxy. I\'ve tried both entering the proxy directly or through Authoxy:

npm config set proxy http://localho         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue and finally it was resolved by disconnecting from all VPN .

Answer 2

OK, so within minutes after posting the question, I found the answer myself here: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/2119#issuecomment-5321857

The issue seems to be that npm is not that great with HTTPS over a proxy. Changing the registry URL from HTTPS to HTTP fixed it for me:

npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/

I still have to provide the proxy config (through Authoxy in my case), but everything works fine now.

Seems to be a common issue, but not well documented. I hope this answer here will make it easier for people to find if they run into this issue.

Answer 3

Due to security violations, organizations may have their own repositories.

set your local repo as below.

npm config set registry https://yourorg-artifactory.com/

I hope this will solve the issue.

Answer 4

If you need to provide a username and password to authenticate at your proxy, this is the syntax to use:

npm config set proxy http://usr:pwd@host:port
npm config set https-proxy http://usr:pwd@host:port

Answer 5

On windows 10, do

npm config edit

This will open config file in a text editor. Delete all the set proxy variables by user and only let default values stay.

;;;;
; npm userconfig file
; this is a simple ini-formatted file
; lines that start with semi-colons are comments.
; read `npm help config` for help on the various options
;;;;

--->Delete everything proxy settings from here.

;;;;
; all options with default values
;;;;

Close and save. Try again. That's what worked for me in my localhost.

Answer 6

On windows10, create this file. Worked for me.