npm/doc/api/npm-ping.md

a package manager for JavaScript

npm-ping(3) -- Ping npm registry
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## SYNOPSIS

    npm.registry.ping(registry, options, function (er, pong))

## DESCRIPTION

Attempts to connect to the given registry, returning a `pong`
object with various metadata if it succeeds.

This function is primarily useful for debugging connection issues
to npm registries.