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title: npm-whoami
section: 1
description: Display npm username
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### Synopsis
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```bash
npm whoami
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Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
### Description
Display the npm username of the currently logged-in user.
If logged into a registry that provides token-based authentication, then
connect to the `/-/whoami` registry endpoint to find the username
associated with the token, and print to standard output.
If logged into a registry that uses Basic Auth, then simply print the
`username` portion of the authentication string.
### Configuration
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#### `registry`
* Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
* Type: URL
The base URL of the npm registry.
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### See Also
* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
* [npm adduser](/commands/npm-adduser)
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