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Requires npm version 5.5.1 or greater.

To view and set profile properties from the Command Line Interface (CLI), use these commands:

npm profile get 
npm profile set <prop> <value>

Viewing & Setting Profile Values

To see your current profile settings, type:

npm profile get

npm displays your profile settings in a table:

You can set or modify the following profile properties from the command line:

• email
• password
• fullname
• homepage
• freenode
• twitter
• github

How to Set a Password from the Command Line

To set a password, type:

npm profile set password

npm will prompt you for your current password, then you can set the new password.

The password must follow these guidelines:

• longer than 7 characters
• does not contain part of your username
• is not one of these How to Set Other Profile Properties

  To set other values, append them to the end of the line as shown:

  $npm profile set fullname nori pat marsupial
  

  npm will prompt for credentials, including a one-time-password if you have enabled two-factor authentication. npm will then confirm that the change has occurred:

  Set fullname to nori pat marsupial
  

  Enabling and Disabling Two-Factor Authentication

  You can also enable and disable two-factor authentication from the command line, using the steps described Notes

  Please refer to the command line documentation for more details and examples.