--- title: npm-ping section: 1 description: Ping npm registry --- ### Synopsis ```bash npm ping ``` Note: This command is unaware of workspaces. ### Description Ping the configured or given npm registry and verify authentication. If it works it will output something like: ```bash npm notice PING https://registry.npmjs.org/ npm notice PONG 255ms ``` otherwise you will get an error: ```bash npm notice PING http://foo.com/ npm ERR! code E404 npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET http://www.foo.com/-/ping?write=true ``` ### Configuration #### `registry` * Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/" * Type: URL The base URL of the npm registry. ### See Also * [npm doctor](/commands/npm-doctor) * [npm config](/commands/npm-config) * [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)