Best VSTS NPM Auth

Refresh Azure DevOps Artifacts (ADO) npm authentication on your machine.

• Reads your project .npmrc (and any scoped registries).
• Gets an ADO access token via Azure CLI (no app registration required).
• Writes short-lived tokens to your user ~/.npmrc (and optionally project .yarnrc.yml).

Prerequisites

• Node.js + npm
• Azure CLI installed and logged in:

az login

If your org requires a specific tenant, set AZURE_TENANT_ID:

export AZURE_TENANT_ID="<your-tenant-guid>"

Install

Option A: Install from npm (recommended)

npm i -g best-vsts-npm-auth

Option B: Install from a GitHub release tarball

1. Download best-vsts-npm-auth-<version>.tgz from your Releases page.
2. Install it globally:

npm i -g /path/to/best-vsts-npm-auth-<version>.tgz

Run

Process the local project .npmrc:

best-vsts-npm-auth .

Process a specific .npmrc:

best-vsts-npm-auth -n /path/to/.npmrc

Also update Yarn Berry config:

best-vsts-npm-auth -y ./.yarnrc.yml .

Notes

• ADO access tokens are typically valid for ~1 hour. Re-run the tool (or mint a new token) if you see 401.
• Tokens are written only to the user ~/.npmrc (not your project .npmrc) unless you intentionally configure otherwise.