Npm Postinstall Script

NPM package.json: postinstall script

A feature I did not know about npm is the ability to run post install scripts.

"scripts": {
        "test": "grunt karma:ci",
        "postinstall": "node node_modules/bower/bin/bower install"
    },

Here is a list of all the suported script tags:

• prepublish: Run BEFORE the package is published. (Also run on local npm install without any arguments.)
• publish, postpublish: Run AFTER the package is published.
• preinstall: Run BEFORE the package is installed
• install, postinstall: Run AFTER the package is installed.
• preuninstall, uninstall: Run BEFORE the package is uninstalled.
• postuninstall: Run AFTER the package is uninstalled.
• pretest, test, posttest: Run by the npm test command.
• prestop, stop, poststop: Run by the npm stop command.
• prestart, start, poststart: Run by the npm start command.
• prerestart, restart, postrestart: Run by the npm restart command. Note: npm restart will run the stop and start scripts if no restart script is provided.