Can't create a cordova project, proxy issue? - node.js

Question

I'm trying to create a project after installing cordova via the command line : npm install -g cordova. The installation apparently goes well, I don't get errors, except couple of warnings which I don't know the cause :
npm WARN engine cordova-js#3.8.0: wanted: {"node":"~0.10.x"} (current: {"node":"0.12.0","npm":"2.5.1"})
npm WARN engine npm#1.3.4: wanted: {"node":">=0.6","npm":"1"} (current: {"node": "0.12.0","npm":"2.5.1"})
npm WARN engine xmlbuilder#2.2.1: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x || 0.10.x"} (current: {"node":"0.12.0","npm":"2.5.1"})
C:\Users\SALWA\AppData\Roaming\npm\cordova -> C:\Users\SALWA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova
cordova#4.3.0 C:\Users\SALWA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova
├── underscore#1.7.0
├── q#1.0.1
├── nopt#3.0.1 (abbrev#1.0.5)
└── cordova-lib#4.3.0 (valid-identifier#0.0.1, osenv#0.1.0, properties-parser#0.
2.3, bplist-parser#0.0.6, mime#1.2.11, semver#2.0.11, unorm#1.3.3, shelljs#0.3.0, rc#0.5.2, dep-graph#1.1.0, d8#0.4.4, xcode#0.6.7, elementtree#0.1.5, through2#0.6.3, npmconf#0.1.16, glob#4.0.6, npm#1.3.4, request#2.47.0, plist#1.1.0, init-package-json#1.3.0, tar#1.0.2, cordova-js#3.8.0)
After this, I try to create a project using the following command line :
cordova create electionscasa com.geomatic.electionscasa ElectionsCasa
but then I get this error :
Creating a new cordova project with name "ElectionsCasa" and id "com.geomatic.electionscasa" at location "C:\myApp\electionscasa"
Downloading cordova library for www...
Error: tunneling socket could not be established, cause=connect ECONNREFUSED
at ClientRequest.onError (C:\Users\SALWA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\request\node_modules\tunnel-agent\index.js:168:17)
at ClientRequest.g (events.js:199:16)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:107:17)
at Socket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:272:9)
at Socket.emit (events.js:107:17)
at net.js:451:14
at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)
I've looked for a solution to this problem but I couldn't find any although I think it's related to the proxy ?
So I took a look on the environment variables and didn't find : http_proxy nor https_proxy.. So I added them and set them respectively to :
HTTP_PROXY: http://localhost:8080
HTTPS_PROXY: https://localhost:8080
I re-typed the previous command but still get the same error..
Please help as I'm stuck with this error and can't move forward..
Thanks in advance!
P.S: I've installed NodeJS beforehand and I'm working on my local machine (not a corporate), under windows 7.

Answer 1

You might try:
npm config set registry=http://registry.npmjs.org/
or
npm config set strict-ssl false
If that seems to work then it has to do with the self-signed certificate on the server in question.