uses: actions/setup-node

https://github.com/actions/setup-node

• Optionally downloading and caching distribution of the requested Node.js version, and adding it to the PATH
• Optionally caching npm/yarn/pnpm dependencies
• Registering problem matchers for error output
• Configuring authentication for GPR or npm

actions/setup-node@v4
actions/setup[email protected]

Run actions/setup-node@v3
Found in cache @ /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.21.3/x64
Environment details
  node: v14.21.3
  npm: 6.14.18
  yarn: 1.22.19
/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.21.3/x64/bin/npm config get cache
/home/runner/.npm
npm cache is not found

Official example

# This workflow will do a clean installation of node dependencies, cache/restore them, build the source code and run tests 
across different versions of node
# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-nodejs

name: Node.js CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 

    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
       # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
        cache: 'npm'
    - run: npm ci
    - run: npm run build --if-present
    - run: npm test

Related

• yarn
• Error: Cache folder path is retrieved for npm but doesn't exist on disk: /home/runner/.npm
• Error: Dependencies lock file is not found in
• uses: actions/setup-go

See also

• npm, npx, npm [ init | audit | install | link | config | token | start | publish | run start | update | rebuild | ci | run build ] .env/, list | ls | --version , package.json, $HOME/.npmrc, npm help, NPM Registry, npm ERR!, package-lock.json
• uses:, docker/, 1password/, actions/, aws-actions/
• Node.js, FROM node, node (command) node inspect, nvm, wait-on, node -v, node --help, brew install node.js, node-config