setapikey command (NuGet CLI)

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    • Karan Nandwani
    • Maira Wenzel
    • Kraig Brockschmidt

Applies to: package consumption, publishing • Supported versions: all

Saves an API key for a given server URL into NuGet.Config so that it doesn't need to be entered for subsequent commands.

Usage

nuget setapikey <key> -Source <url> [options]

where <source> identifies the server and <key> is the key or password to save. If <source> is omitted, nuget.org is assumed.

Options

Option Description
ConfigFile The NuGet configuration file to apply. If not specified, %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.Config (Windows) or ~/.nuget/NuGet/NuGet.Config (Mac/Linux) is used.
ForceEnglishOutput (3.5+) Forces nuget.exe to run using an invariant, English-based culture.
Help Displays help information for the command.
NonInteractive Suppresses prompts for user input or confirmations.
Verbosity Specifies the amount of detail displayed in the output: normal, quiet, detailed.

Also see Environment variables

Examples

nuget setapikey 4003d786-cc37-4004-bfdf-c4f3e8ef9b3a

nuget setapikey 4003d786-cc37-4004-bfdf-c4f3e8ef9b3a -source https://example.com/nugetfeed