awinglobal/docker-generate-npm-authtoken repository overview

⁠docker-generate-npm-authtoken

Input credentials, output auth token.

## Why

For some reason, the npm login command is interactive, and this causes problems when you need to call the command from non-interactive shells such as in a Dockerfile. By using the bravissimolabs/generate-npm-authtoken you can generate an auth token. Output this to ~/.npmrc and you are now authenticated with npm and can npm install private npm modules.

⁠Usage

docker run \
    -e NPM_USER=$NPM_USER \
    -e NPM_PASS=$NPM_PASS \
    -e NPM_EMAIL=$NPM_EMAIL \
    bravissimolabs/generate-npm-authtoken

If you want to save output to ~/.npmrc where it doesn't exist, you can simply redirect the output.

docker run \
    -e NPM_USER=$NPM_USER \
    -e NPM_PASS=$NPM_PASS \
    -e NPM_EMAIL=$NPM_EMAIL \
    bravissimolabs/generate-npm-authtoken \
    > ~/.npmrc

Bear in mind that this will overwrite an existing .npmrc, so if you don't want to do that, append it instead with >>. Note: when there are multiple auth tokens in .npmrc, npm uses the last occurrence.

docker run \
    -e NPM_USER=$NPM_USER \
    -e NPM_PASS=$NPM_PASS \
    -e NPM_EMAIL=$NPM_EMAIL \
    bravissimolabs/generate-npm-authtoken \
    >> ~/.npmrc

⁠Using a different registry

If you need to use a different registry, pass the environment variable NPM_REGISTRY through, but make sure it has the protocol specified, i.e. NPM_REGISTRY=https://skimdb.npmjs.com/registry, NOT NPM_REGISTRY=skimdb.npmjs.com/registry.

docker run \
    -e NPM_USER=$NPM_USER \
    -e NPM_PASS=$NPM_PASS \
    -e NPM_EMAIL=$NPM_EMAIL \
    -e NPM_REGISTRY=$NPM_REGISTRY \
    bravissimolabs/generate-npm-authtoken \
    >> ~/.npmrc

##Using a different registry with a scope

You can extend your registry login by adding a scope.

docker run \
    -e NPM_USER=$NPM_USER \
    -e NPM_PASS=$NPM_PASS \
    -e NPM_EMAIL=$NPM_EMAIL \
    -e NPM_REGISTRY=$NPM_REGISTRY \
    -e NPM_SCOPE=$YOUR_NPM_SCOPE
     bravissimolabs/generate-npm-authtoken \
     >> ~/.npmrc