nodejs/deps/npm/docs/content/cli-commands/npm-ping.md

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section: cli-commands 
title: npm-ping
description: Ping npm registry
---

# npm-ping(1)

## Ping npm registry

### Synopsis

```bash
npm ping [--registry <registry>]
```

### Description

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

```bash
Ping success: {*Details about registry*}
```
otherwise you will get:
```bash
Ping error: {*Detail about error}
```

### See Also

* [npm config](/cli-commands/config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)