npm command-line interface

# npm-ping @10.9.3

Ping npm registry

## Table of contents

- Synopsis
- Description
- Configuration

- `registry`

- See Also

### Synopsis

    npm ping

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

### Description

Ping the configured or given npm registry and verify authentication. If it works it will output something like:

    npm notice PING https://registry.npmjs.org/
    npm notice PONG 255ms

otherwise you will get an error:

    npm notice PING http://foo.com/
    npm ERR! code E404
    npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET http://www.foo.com/-/ping?write=true

### Configuration

#### `registry`

- Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
- Type: URL

The base URL of the npm registry.

### See Also

- npm doctor
- npm config
- npmrc