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title: npm-whoami
section: 1
description: Display npm username
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### Synopsis

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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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### See Also

* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
* [npm adduser](/commands/npm-adduser)
