.TH "NPM\-START" "1" "February 2023" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-start\fR \- Start a package
.SS Synopsis
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm start [\-\- <args>]
.fi
.RE
.SS Description
.P
This runs a predefined command specified in the \fB"start"\fP property of
a package's \fB"scripts"\fP object\.
.P
If the \fB"scripts"\fP object does not define a  \fB"start"\fP property, npm
will run \fBnode server\.js\fP\|\.
.P
Note that this is different from the default node behavior of running
the file specified in a package's \fB"main"\fP attribute when evoking with
\fBnode \.\fP
.P
As of \fBnpm@2\.0\.0\fP \fIhttps://blog\.npmjs\.org/post/98131109725/npm\-2\-0\-0\fR, you can
use custom arguments when executing scripts\. Refer to npm help run\-script for more details\.
.SS Example
.P
.RS 2
.nf
{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node foo\.js"
  }
}
.fi
.RE
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm start

> npm@x\.x\.x start
> node foo\.js

(foo\.js output would be here)

.fi
.RE
.SS Configuration
.SS \fBignore\-scripts\fP
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: false
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Boolean

.RE
.P
If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package\.json files\.
.P
Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as
\fBnpm start\fP, \fBnpm stop\fP, \fBnpm restart\fP, \fBnpm test\fP, and \fBnpm run\-script\fP
will still run their intended script if \fBignore\-scripts\fP is set, but they
will \fInot\fR run any pre\- or post\-scripts\.
.SS \fBscript\-shell\fP
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd\.exe' on Windows
.IP \(bu 2
Type: null or String

.RE
.P
The shell to use for scripts run with the \fBnpm exec\fP, \fBnpm run\fP and \fBnpm
init <package\-spec>\fP commands\.
.SS See Also
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help run\-script
.IP \(bu 2
npm help scripts
.IP \(bu 2
npm help test
.IP \(bu 2
npm help restart
.IP \(bu 2
npm help stop

.RE