# Customize npm init default values

`npm init ` is a first process of any new node project and we all have to setup author, version and license manually, This tutorial help you to config those things globally .


This is default `npm init -y` result value
![carbon-before.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614591292962/fEndnoMTu.png)


for chang default value of npm init command you need to follow this Synopsis
```
npm config set <key>=<value>
``` 

Change global author name by 
```
npm config set init-author-name "vimal kumar"
``` 
Change global author email by 
```
npm config set init-author-email "vimal@letskhabar.com"
``` 
Change global author web url by 
```
npm config set init-author-url "https://vimal.letskhabar.com/"
``` 
Change global default license
```
npm config set init-license "MIT"

``` 
Change global default version
```
npm config set init-version "0.0.1"
``` 

For more check this [npm documentation](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-config)


All the change has been saved in your `~/.npmrc` directory as shown in image below

![npmrc.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614591650785/QzIz2pf6E.png)


Now when you create new project with `npm init -y` you can see your default value has been changed according to your setup.

![carbon-after.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614591302798/aZaaAtSkK.png)


You can find all list of config defaults value by `npm config list -l`
and follow  `npm config set <key>=<value>` this  Synopsis to Customize your value

Enjoy, Thanks for reading.