.TH "NPM\-PUBLISH" "3" "June 2016" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-publish\fR \- Publish a package
.SH SYNOPSIS
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm\.commands\.publish([packages,] callback)
.fi
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
Publishes a package to the registry so that it can be installed by name\.
Possible values in the 'packages' array are:
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
\fB<folder>\fP:
A folder containing a package\.json file
.IP \(bu 2
\fB<tarball>\fP:
A url or file path to a gzipped tar archive containing a single folder
with a package\.json file inside\.

.RE
.P
If the package array is empty, npm will try to publish something in the
current working directory\.
.P
This command could fails if one of the packages specified already exists in
the registry\.  Overwrites when the "force" environment variable is set\.
.SH SEE ALSO
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 7 registry
.IP \(bu 2
npm help adduser
.IP \(bu 2
npm apihelp owner

.RE