[Feat]: Can I specify my own registry in "appium driver install --source=npm" about appium HOT 4 CLOSED

If you want to change the packages registry then consider using npm configurations, like https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41136444/how-to-reset-the-npm-registry-in-global-npm-config.
So, the cli script to install a driver or a plugin would look like

set custom npm registry
perform Appium driver install CLI command
set default npm registry

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@mykola-mokhnach Thanks!
I know this method, but it's complicated because I need change registry config twice；
Hope you could give a '--registry' in CLI command, just like npm, which allow me get packages from my own registry just this time, instead of change config forever.

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in Appium we'd have to do exactly the same. NPM does not have an easy way to change config per command.
Also from a batch execution perspective it makes more sense for a client to set such parameters.

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Currently Appium only has plans to support the default NPM repository as a place where appium driver install can pull from. For custom repositories there is the method that @mykola-mokhnach provided. Alternatively, you could install the package locally using any method you like, and then appium driver install --source=local.

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