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Permanently add bower proxy

How do I permanently add bower proxy to my system so I do not have to edit the .bowerrc file for every project and add 

{
 "proxy":"http://<proxy>:<port>",
 "https-proxy":"https://<proxy>:<port>",
}

I have added the proxys to my OS with:

export HTTP_PROXY=http://<proxy_url>:<port>
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://<proxy_url>:<port>

But it seams bower does not get it. Thank you in advance for your response

Solution

  • Put the .bowerrc file in your home folder (it will work on Windows as well).

    From http://bower.io/docs/config/:

    Placement & Order

    The config is obtained by merging multiple configurations by this order of importance:

    • CLI arguments via --config
    • Environment variables
    • Local .bowerrc located in the current working directory
    • All .bowerrc files upwards the directory tree
    • .bowerrc file located in user’s home folder (~)
    • .bowerrc file located in the global folder (/)

    Example of CLI arguments:

    • --config.endpoint-parser=
    • --config.storage.cache=

    Example of valid environment variables:

    • bower_endpoint_parser is evaluated as endpoint-parser
    • bower_storage__cache is evaluated as storage.cache