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2 title: npm-ping
3 section: 1
4 description: Ping npm registry
5 github_repo: npm/cli
6 github_branch: release/v6
7 github_path: docs/content/commands/npm-ping.md
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20 ---
21
22 ### Synopsis
23
24 ```bash
25 npm ping [--registry <registry>]
26 ```
27
28 ### Description
29
30 Ping the configured or given npm registry and verify authentication. If it works it will output something like:
31
32 ```bash
33 Ping success: {*Details about registry*}
34 ```
35
36 otherwise you will get:
37
38 ```bash
39 Ping error: {*Detail about error}
40 ```
41
42 ### See Also
43
44 - [npm config](/cli/v6/commands/npm-config)
45 - [npmrc](/cli/v6/configuring-npm/npmrc)