Package is not publishing to npm (not in the npm registry)

Question

I would like to publish my git repository to npm so I can use it in other projects. But when I run the npm publish command I get the following error:

npm ERR! code E404 npm ERR! 404 Not Found - PUT https://npm.pkg.github.com/vue-toggle-component npm ERR! 404 npm ERR! 404  '[email protected]' is not in the npm registry. npm ERR! 404 You should bug the author to publish it (or use the name yourself!) npm ERR! 404 npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR!     C:\Users\niels\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-10-29T10_47_26_952Z-debug.log  

When trying to bugfix, I have tried the npm adduser command and the npm login command to make sure I logged in. Both of these did not solve my problem since it looked like I was already logged in.

My package.json:

{   "name": "vue-toggle-component",   "version": "0.1.0",   "scripts": {     "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",     "build": "vue-cli-service build",     "lint": "vue-cli-service lint"   },   "dependencies": {     "core-js": "^3.6.5",     "vue": "^2.6.11"   },   "devDependencies": {     "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~4.5.0",     "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~4.5.0",     "@vue/cli-service": "~4.5.0",     "babel-eslint": "^10.1.0",     "eslint": "^6.7.2",     "eslint-plugin-vue": "^6.2.2",     "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.11"   },   "eslintConfig": {     "root": true,     "env": {       "node": true     },     "extends": [       "plugin:vue/essential",       "eslint:recommended"     ],     "parserOptions": {       "parser": "babel-eslint"     },     "rules": {}   },   "browserslist": [     "> 1%",     "last 2 versions",     "not dead"   ],   "publishConfig": {     "registry": "https://npm.pkg.github.com/"   },   "description": "## Project setup ``` yarn install ```",   "main": "babel.config.js",   "repository": {     "type": "git",     "url": "git+https://github.com/nehlis/vue-toggle-component.git"   },   "keywords": [     "Vue.js",     "Toggle",     "component",     "Lightweight",     "Checkbox"   ],   "author": "Niels Bosman",   "license": "ISC",   "bugs": {     "url": "https://github.com/nehlis/vue-toggle-component/issues"   },   "homepage": "https://github.com/nehlis/vue-toggle-component#readme" }  

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Answer 1

Try npm login. In case of npm publish, sometimes misleading message is shown.

Answer 2

Based on the https://npm.pkg.github.com/ appearing in the error output, you are trying to publish to GitHub Packages and not the npm registry (which are still separate, although GitHub now owns npm). According to the GitHub packages docs:

GitHub Packages only supports scoped npm packages. Scoped packages have names with the format of @owner/name. Scoped packages always begin with an @ symbol. You may need to update the name in your package.json to use the scoped name. For example, "name": "@codertocat/hello-world-npm".

So you'll need to either change your configuration to point to the npm registry rather than the GitHub packages registry, or else change the name field in your package.json to be a scoped package name.