NAME

       init - Interactively create a package.json file

SYNOPSIS

       npm.commands.init(args, callback)

DESCRIPTION

       This will ask you a bunch of questions, and then write a package.json for you.

       It  attempts  to make reasonable guesses about what you want things to be set to, and then
       writes a package.json file with the options you´ve selected.

       If you already have a package.json file, it´ll read that first, and default to the options
       in there.

       It  is  strictly  additive, so it does not delete options from your package.json without a
       really good reason to do so.

       Since this function expects to be run on the command-line, it doesn´t work very well as  a
       programmatically.  The  best  option  is  to  roll your own, and since JavaScript makes it
       stupid simple to output formatted JSON, that is the preferred method. If you´re  sure  you
       want to handle command-line prompting, then go ahead and use this programmatically.

SEE ALSO

       npm help  package.json

                                           October 2013                                   INIT(3)