“npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/” is not working in windows bat file

Question

I create a.bat on windows 7, the content of a.bat is:

@echo off
npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

and then run a.bat, but

Answer 1

1. Set npm registry globally

   use the below command to modify the .npmrc config file for the logged in user

   npm config set registry <registry url>

   Example: npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

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2. Set npm registry Scope

   Scopes allow grouping of related packages together. Scoped packages will be installed in a sub-folder under node_modules folder.

   Example: node_modules/@my-org/packagaename

   To set the scope registry use: npm config set @my-org:registry http://example.reg-org.com

   To install packages using scope use: npm install @my-org/mypackage

   whenever you install any packages from scope @my-org npm will search in the registry setting linked to scope @my-org for the registry url.

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3. Set npm registry locally for a project

   To modify the npm registry only for the current project. create a file inside the root folder of the project as .npmrc

   Add the below contents in the file

   registry = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'

Answer 2

Probably I am too late to answer. But if anybody need it, following works fine, as I have used it a lot of times.

npm config set registry=https://registry.npmjs.com/

Answer 3

By executing your .bat you are setting config for only that session not globally. When you open and another cmd prompt and run npm install that config will not set for this session so modify your .bat file as

@echo off
npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
@cmd.exe /K

Answer 4

You shouldn't change the npm registry using .bat files. Instead try to use modify the .npmrc file which is the configuration for npm. The correct command for changing registry is

npm config set registry <registry url>

you can find more information with npm help config command, also check for privileges when and if you are running .bat files this way.

Answer 5

On npm version 3.7.3

npm set registry=http://whatever/

Answer 6

You might not be able to change npm registry using .bat file as Gntem pointed out. But I understand that you need the ability to automate changing registries. You can do so by having your .npmrc configs in separate files (say npmrc_jfrog & npmrc_default) and have your .bat files do the copying task.

For example (in Windows): Your default_registry.bat will have

xcopy /y npmrc_default .npmrc

and your jfrog_registry.bat will have

xcopy /y npmrc_jfrog .npmrc

Note: /y suppresses prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

This will make sure that all the config properties (registry, proxy, apiKeys, etc.) get copied over to .npmrc.

You can read more about xcopy here.