npm init error: Invalid name: "donn&jul"

Question

My npm version is 2.5.1 and my node version is 0.12.0. When I try to run npm init, I get the following error:

npm ERR! Invalid name: "donn&jul"

Here is the screenshot: .

Why is this happening?

Solution

From the official NPM reference:

The name ends up being part of a URL, an argument on the command line, and a folder name. Therefore, the name can't contain any non-URL-safe characters.

I believe & is not url-safe.

Comments

[Julius Tan]

Thanks for the quick reply!