How to create an npm CLI package hosted on Gitlab - node.js

Question

My goals is to create a CLI script to install globally (npm i -g #born05/cli).
My package.json:
{
"name": "#born05/cli",
"version": "1.0.7",
"description": "The Born05 handy-dandy development Command Line Interface",
"main": "lib/cli.js",
"author": {
"name": "Niels Wijers",
"email": ""
},
"bin": {
"born05": "lib/cli.js"
},
"engines": {
"node": ">=12.0.0"
},
"license": "ISC",
"publishConfig": {
"#born05:registry": "https://gitlab.born05.com/api/v4/projects/147/packages/npm/"
},
"bundleDependencies": false,
"deprecated": false,
"dependencies": {
"findit": "^2.0.0",
"inquirer": "^7.3.3",
"js-yaml": "^4.0.0",
"tar": "^6.1.0"
}
}
The script is created and tested locally and it works, even after npm link the script is working when typing born05 in my terminal. But after publishing and installing it globally it fails to link the cli.js to the bin dir but the package is installed successfully.
My .gitlab-ci.yml
stages:
- publish
publish:
stage: publish
image: node:15.0-slim
before_script:
- npm install
- |
{
echo "#born05:registry=${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/"
echo "${CI_API_V4_URL#https?}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/:_authToken=\${CI_JOB_TOKEN}"
} | tee --append .npmrc
script:
- npm publish
My .npmrc
#born05:registry = "https://gitlab.born05.com/api/v4/packages/npm/"
//gitlab.born05.com/api/v4/packages/npm/:_authToken = (protected)
I hope anyone can help me.

Answer 1

I experienced the same issue, and my solution was to export the parameter manually:
- npm install
- |
{
echo "#born05:registry=${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/"
echo "${CI_API_V4_URL#https?}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/:_authToken=\${CI_JOB_TOKEN}"
} | tee --append .npmrc
- export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY=${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/