NAME¶

Synopsis¶

npm start [-- <args>]

Description¶

This runs a predefined command specified in the "start" property of a package's "scripts" object.

If the "scripts" object does not define a "start" property, npm will run node server.js.

Note that this is different from the default node behavior of running the file specified in a package's "main" attribute when evoking with node .

As of npm@2.0.0 ⟨https://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0⟩, you can use custom arguments when executing scripts. Refer to npm help run-script for more details.

Example¶

{


  "scripts": {


    "start": "node foo.js"


  }
}

npm start
> npm@x.x.x start
> node foo.js
(foo.js output would be here)

Configuration¶

ignore-scripts¶

If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.

Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as npm start, npm stop, npm restart, npm test, and npm run-script will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts is set, but they will not run any pre- or post-scripts.

script-shell¶

The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm init <package-spec> commands.

See Also¶