private npm package notes.md

To use private modules in your project

Generate an auth token for your .npmrc

Use npm login

• remove your existing ~/.npmrc, since it won't override
• npm login
• copy to project directory
• never logout npm logout clears your token everywhere

Use generate-npm-token

• install and run generate-npm-token
• add it to your project .npmrc file

Resulting npmrc looks like so: //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=[your auth token]

To use yarn locally

• create .yarnc file

Resulting .yarnrc looks like so:

registry "https://registry.npmjs.org/"

Travis worked without the .yarnrc file, somehow

Instead of sharing a token, you can add users in npm, but each user needs to have private modules

To use that token in Travis

travis encrypt --add deploy.api_key [your auth token]