npm command-line interface

# npm-deny-scripts @11.18.0

Deny install scripts for specific dependencies

## Table of contents

- Synopsis
- Description
- Examples
- Configuration

- `all`
- `allow-scripts-pending`
- `allow-scripts-pin`
- `json`

- See Also

### Synopsis

    npm deny-scripts <pkg> [<pkg> ...]
    npm deny-scripts --all

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

### Description

The companion command to `npm approve-scripts`. Writes `false` entries into the `allowScripts` field of your project's `package.json`, recording that a dependency must not run install scripts even if a future version would otherwise be eligible.

In the current release, install scripts still run by default, so `deny-scripts` only affects how installs of denied packages are reported. A future release will block unreviewed install scripts and respect deny entries at install time.

    npm deny-scripts <pkg> [<pkg> ...]
    npm deny-scripts --all

`<pkg>` matches every installed version of that package. Denies are always written name-only (`"pkg": false`), regardless of `--allow-scripts-pin`. Pinning a deny to a specific version would silently re-allow scripts for any other version of the same package, which defeats the purpose; the command picks the safer default for you.

`--all` denies every package with unreviewed install scripts.

If a `true` (pinned or name-only) entry exists for a package and you then deny it, the existing allow entries are removed so the name-only deny is unambiguous.

### Examples

    # Deny a specific package outright
    npm deny-scripts telemetry-pkg

    # Deny everything that has install scripts and isn't already approved
    npm deny-scripts --all

### Configuration

#### `all`

- Default: false
- Type: Boolean

Show or act on all packages, not just the ones your project directly depends on. For `npm outdated` and `npm ls` this lists every outdated or installed package. For `npm approve-scripts` and `npm deny-scripts` it selects every package with pending install scripts.

#### `allow-scripts-pending`

- Default: false
- Type: Boolean

List packages with install scripts that are not yet covered by the `allowScripts` policy, without modifying `package.json`. Only meaningful for `npm approve-scripts`.

#### `allow-scripts-pin`

- Default: true
- Type: Boolean

Write pinned (`pkg@version`) entries when approving install scripts. Set to `false` to write name-only entries that allow any version. Has no effect on `npm deny-scripts`, which always writes name-only entries regardless of this setting.

#### `json`

- Default: false
- Type: Boolean

Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.

- In `npm pkg set` it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before saving them to your `package.json`.

Not supported by all npm commands.

### See Also

- npm approve-scripts
- npm install
- package.json