'Run custom npm command in Powershell on VSTS hosted build agent
I need to iteratively run an npm command and want to do it from a PowerShell task in a VSTS build step. I cannot use "npm <command>" in PowerShell and have also tried to run commands using "C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd" "<command>" and Invoke-Expression "C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd" "<command>" in the PowerShell on the VSTS hosted build agent. How can I run npm commands from a PowerShell build step?
Additionally, the <command> is a custom script from my package.json file. It does not need to be custom. I only put it there to call in a custom npm VSTS build step.
Solution 1:[1]
You can call the npm command with the Start-Process and supplying the arguments through -ArgumentList switch seperated by commas
example Start-Process npm -ArgumentList "run","build" -wait the -wait switch will wait for the task to be completed
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