nodejs/deps/npm/man/man1/npm-docs.1

.TH "NPM\-DOCS" "1" "May 2021" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-docs\fR \- Open documentation for a package in a web browser
.SS Synopsis
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm docs [<pkgname> [<pkgname> \.\.\.]]

aliases: home
.fi
.RE
.SS Description
.P
This command tries to guess at the likely location of a package's
documentation URL, and then tries to open it using the \fB\-\-browser\fP config
param\. You can pass multiple package names at once\. If no package name is
provided, it will search for a \fBpackage\.json\fP in the current folder and use
the \fBname\fP property\.
.SS Configuration
.SS browser
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: OS X: \fB"open"\fP, Windows: \fB"start"\fP, Others: \fB"xdg\-open"\fP
.IP \(bu 2
Type: String or Boolean

.RE
.P
The browser that is called by the \fBnpm docs\fP command to open websites\.
.P
Set to \fBfalse\fP to suppress browser behavior and instead print urls to
terminal\.
.P
Set to \fBtrue\fP to use default system URL opener\.
.SS registry
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: https://registry\.npmjs\.org/
.IP \(bu 2
Type: url

.RE
.P
The base URL of the npm package registry\.
.SS workspaces
.P
Enables workspaces context while searching the \fBpackage\.json\fP in the
current folder\.  Documentation urls for the packages named in each
workspace will be opened\.
.SS workspace
.P
Enables workspaces context and limits results to only those specified by
this config item\.  Only the documentation urls for the packages named in
the workspaces given here will be opened\.
.SS See Also
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help view
.IP \(bu 2
npm help publish
.IP \(bu 2
npm help registry
.IP \(bu 2
npm help config
.IP \(bu 2
npm help npmrc
.IP \(bu 2
npm help package\.json

.RE