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community.general.npm – Manage node.js packages with npm

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.npm.

Synopsis

• Manage node.js packages with Node Package Manager (npm).

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• npm installed in bin path (recommended /usr/local/bin)

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
ci boolean	Install packages based on package-lock file, same as running npm ci. Choices: no ← (default) yes
executable path	The executable location for npm. This is useful if you are using a version manager, such as nvm.
global boolean	Install the node.js library globally. Choices: no ← (default) yes
ignore_scripts boolean	Use the --ignore-scripts flag when installing. Choices: no ← (default) yes
name string	The name of a node.js library to install.
no_bin_links boolean added in 2.5.0 of community.general	Use the --no-bin-links flag when installing. Choices: no ← (default) yes
no_optional boolean added in 2.0.0 of community.general	Use the --no-optional flag when installing. Choices: no ← (default) yes
path path	The base path where to install the node.js libraries.
production boolean	Install dependencies in production mode, excluding devDependencies. Choices: no ← (default) yes
registry string	The registry to install modules from.
state string	The state of the node.js library. Choices: present ← (default) absent latest
unsafe_perm boolean	Use the --unsafe-perm flag when installing. Choices: no ← (default) yes
version string	The version to be installed.

Examples

- name: Install "coffee-script" node.js package.
  community.general.npm:
    name: coffee-script
    path: /app/location

- name: Install "coffee-script" node.js package on version 1.6.1.
  community.general.npm:
    name: coffee-script
    version: '1.6.1'
    path: /app/location

- name: Install "coffee-script" node.js package globally.
  community.general.npm:
    name: coffee-script
    global: yes

- name: Remove the globally package "coffee-script".
  community.general.npm:
    name: coffee-script
    global: yes
    state: absent

- name: Install "coffee-script" node.js package from custom registry.
  community.general.npm:
    name: coffee-script
    registry: 'http://registry.mysite.com'

- name: Install packages based on package.json.
  community.general.npm:
    path: /app/location

- name: Update packages based on package.json to their latest version.
  community.general.npm:
    path: /app/location
    state: latest

- name: Install packages based on package.json using the npm installed with nvm v0.10.1.
  community.general.npm:
    path: /app/location
    executable: /opt/nvm/v0.10.1/bin/npm
    state: present

Authors

• Chris Hoffman (@chrishoffman)