Main properties / parameters that the file includes:

name

- name of the app (default is the name of the current folder)

version

- version of the app (default is 1.0.0 - major.manor.patch)

description

- short description for the project

main

- entry point - main JS file

keywords

- keywords that the app is related to

author

- project author

license

- default is ISC (Internet Systems Consortium)

Sets default value for author property of

package.json

file

npm config set init-author-name "Va. Tand."

We can omit

config

keyword

npm set init-author-name "Va. Tand."

Sets default value for license property

npm config set init-license "MIT"  /  npm set init-license "MIT"

Shows the default value for author

npm config get init-author-name

We can omit

config

keyword

npm get init-author-name

Shows default value for license property

npm config get init-license  /  npm get init-license

Deletes manually set default author name (default author will become empty string)

npm config delete init-author-name

Deletes manually set default license (default license will become

ISC

)

npm config delete init-license

Installs package with

--save

flag as default (from npm version 5.*

--save

is default)

npm install moment

After installing the package, the following will be added to

pckage.json

file

"dependencies": {
    "moment": "^2.27.0"
  }

set

--save

default as

false

npm config set save=false  /  npm set save=false

Shows

--save

flag default value

npm config get save  /  npm get save