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Reputation: 3005

github action for npm publish fails

Goal

I have manually published an open source lib to registry.npmjs.org and I want future releases to be automatically published using GitHub Actions. I have no prior experience with GitHub actions.

What I have done so far

I have put the standard GitHub action into the repository which GitHub provides for that purpose (unchanged). In its last line, it takes the automation token from npmjs.com which I have defined on the repo as environment secret NPM_TOKEN. It shows up in the repo's secrects page.

The error that I face

Run npm publish
...
npm ERR! code ENEEDAUTH
npm ERR! need auth This command requires you to be logged in.
npm ERR! need auth You need to authorize this machine using `npm adduser`

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2022-01-08T00_20_52_834Z-debug.log
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Despite extensive web search, I do not understand

Upvotes: 12

Views: 5406

Answers (2)

Akash Sengar
Akash Sengar

Reputation: 149

If you are still getting the error use this

For those who are getting the error even after using the Automation token. add registry-url in setup node

    - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
    with:
      node-version: '18'
      registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'

Upvotes: 2

Tony Melek
Tony Melek

Reputation: 101

I had some endeavours and got a similar problem. Consider the following things to look at:

  1. When creating the secret token at npmjs.com, select accessToken type as automation option not publish to bypass 2FA, otherwise ill not work.
  2. When adding npm created accessToken secret to github: What I have found going to settings > secrets, there are two ways to add secrets: In the environment or to the repository. Adding secrets to the environment will not work. You need to add it as repository secret; please see the attached image. snapshot to add repository secret
  3. Confirm the secret name in secrets matches the YML file.

Upvotes: 9

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