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npm Tokens API

Manage npm access tokens for authentication. Create, list, and delete tokens with customizable permissions and restrictions.

npm Tokens API is one of 10 APIs that npm publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Tokens. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://registry.npmjs.org.

3 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://registry.npmjs.org
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

npm Tokens API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — npm access token provided as a Bearer token.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Tokens 3

Manage npm access tokens for authentication. Create, list, and delete tokens with customizable permissions and restrictions.

GET
/-/npm/v1/tokens
List access tokens
listTokens 2 params → 200401
POST
/-/npm/v1/tokens
Create an access token
createToken 1 param body → 200400401
DELETE
/-/npm/v1/tokens/token/{token_id}
Delete an access token
deleteToken 2 params → 204401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Token (7 properties), TokenCreateRequest (4 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TokenCreateRequest
object
Request body for creating a new npm access token.
4 properties 1 required
TokenWithValue
object
An npm access token including the full token value. The token value is only returned once at creation time and cannot be retrieved again.
Error
object
An error response from the npm API.
2 properties
Token
object
An npm access token with its metadata. The actual token value is redacted; only the key hash is provided.
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

npm-tokens-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs npm publishes across the network.

npm Registry API
npm Hooks API
npm Provenance
npm Downloads API
npm OIDC API
npm Packages API
npm Search API
npm Trusted Publishers API