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NAME
npm-start - Start a package
Synopsis
npm start [-- <args>]
Description
This runs a predefined command specified in the "start" property of a package's "scripts" object.
If the "scripts" object does not define a "start" property, npm will run node server.js.
Note that this is different from the default node behavior of running the file specified in a package's
"main" attribute when evoking with node .
As of npm@2.0.0 https://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0, you can use custom arguments when
executing scripts. Refer to npm help run-script for more details.
Example
{
"scripts": {
"start": "node foo.js"
}
}
npm start
> npm@x.x.x start
> node foo.js
(foo.js output would be here)
Configuration
<!-- AUTOGENERATED CONFIG DESCRIPTIONS START --> <!-- automatically generated, do not edit manually -->
<!-- see lib/utils/config/definitions.js -->
ignore-scripts
• Default: false
• Type: Boolean
If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.
Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as npm start, npm stop, npm
restart, npm test, and npm run-script will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts is set, but
they will not run any pre- or post-scripts. <!-- automatically generated, do not edit manually --> <!--
see lib/utils/config/definitions.js -->
script-shell
• Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
• Type: null or String
The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm init <pkg> commands. <!--
automatically generated, do not edit manually --> <!-- see lib/utils/config/definitions.js -->
<!-- AUTOGENERATED CONFIG DESCRIPTIONS END -->
See Also
• npm help run-script
• npm help scripts
• npm help test
• npm help restart
• npm help stop
undefined NaN NPM-START(1)