verdaccio-profile-api

Verdaccio 2.x/3.x module for npm profile commands

Basic Verdaccio 2.x/3.x module for handling npm profile commands and changing password with verdaccio-htpasswd authentication plugin

Install

As simple as running:

$ npm install -g verdaccio-profile-api

Configure

Plugin configuration:

middlewares:
  profile-api:
    password_hash: md5
    password_policy: (?=.{9,})(?=.*?[^\w\s])(?=.*?[0-9])(?=.*?[A-Z]).*?[a-z].*

password_hash

• md5: use apache-md5 hash
• sha1: use crypt sha-1 hash
• leave empty to use crypt DES from unix-crypt-td-js

password_policy

Regular expression to check for password policy. (?=.{9,})(?=.*?[^\w\s])(?=.*?[0-9])(?=.*?[A-Z]).*?[a-z].* for lenght at least 9 characters, at least one upper, lower, number and special character

Usage

• First log in to npm private registry

  $ npm login --registry http://localhost:4873
  

• Once logged in, you can view your profile. Except username all fields are blank, which is okey, as Verdaccio does not store profile information

  $ npm profile get --registry http://localhost:4873
  ┌─────────────────┬──────────────┐
  │ name            │ adam         │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ email           │ (unverified) │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ two-factor auth │ disabled     │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ fullname        │              │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ homepage        │              │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ freenode        │              │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ twitter         │              │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ github          │              │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ created         │              │
  ├─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │ updated         │              │
  └─────────────────┴──────────────┘
  

• Change your password (works only for htpasswd authetification) by running

  $ npm profile set password --registry http://localhost:4873
  Current password: 
  New password: 
  Again: 
  Set password
  

  Now you can logout and login with your new credentials.
• If password policy is configured, server returns E400 for passwords not matching password policy

How does it work

Plugin implements npm user API. Currently only npm profile get and npm profile set password is supported.

Usefull links

• npm profile API
• Plugin Development