How To Setup Private NPM Module With Firebase Cloud Functions .npmrc?

I have created a private typings npm module that I am using for my firebase functions and app projects. When I went to deploy firebase functions, I get a big error for every function that basically says ERR! remote: Invalid username or password.

For what I have read, it looks like I need to create a .npmrc file and put it in the /functions directory. (https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/writing/specifying-dependencies-nodejs#using_private_modules)

I cannot however find proper instructions on how to do this anywhere. From what I found, I have done the following:

• ran npm login
• ran npm token create --read-only

This then gave me a token that looks like this: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.

I then create a file called .npmrc in my functions directory, and placed //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX in it.

Additionally, I saw that the error message was trying to use ssh to install my private repo package, I have not setup ssh and am using https instead, because of this I changed my package file to git+https://github.com/accounts-name/repo#commit-num so that it uses HTTPS.

However, I still get the same error message. What am I missing? The above is what I have strung together from lots of google searching.

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