verdaccio/website/docs/node-api.md

---
id: node-api
title: 'Node API'
---

Verdaccio can be invoked programmatically. The node API was introduced after version `verdaccio@3.0.0`.

## Usage

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#### Programmatically

```js
import startServer from 'verdaccio';

startServer(
  configJsonFormat,
  6000,
  store,
  '1.0.0',
  'verdaccio',
  (webServer, addrs, pkgName, pkgVersion) => {
    webServer.listen(addr.port || addr.path, addr.host, () => {
      console.log('verdaccio running');
    });
  }
);
```

## Other implementations

- [verdaccio-server](https://github.com/boringame/verdaccio-server) local npm registry proxy server

```js
// js
import * as verdaccioServer from 'verdaccio-server';
verdaccioServer.start();
verdaccioServer.stop();
verdaccioServer.list();
verdaccioServer.stopAll();
verdaccioServer.show();
verdaccioServer.cli();
// windows .net2
verdaccioServer.serviceInstall();
verdaccioServer.serviceUninstall();
verdaccioServer.serviceStart();
verdaccioServer.serviceStop();
verdaccioServer.serviceRestart();
```