---
title: Bower API
category: JavaScript libraries
---

    require('bower').config

    { cwd: '/Users/rsc',
      directory: 'bower_components',
      registry:
       { search: [ 'https://bower.herokuapp.com' ],
         register: 'https://bower.herokuapp.com',
         publish: 'https://bower.herokuapp.com' },
      shorthandResolver: 'git://github.com/{{owner}}/{{package}}.git',
      tmp: '/var/folders/5y/190gjd_j2c5bfkn563dk2xdr0000gn/T/rsc/bower',
      timeout: 30000,
      ca: { search: [] },
      strictSsl: true,
      userAgent: 'node/v0.10.33 darwin x64',
      color: true,
      storage:
       { packages: '/Users/rsc/.cache/bower/packages',
         links: '/Users/rsc/.local/share/bower/links',
         completion: '/Users/rsc/.local/share/bower/completion',
         registry: '/Users/rsc/.cache/bower/registry',
         empty: '/Users/rsc/.local/share/bower/empty' },
      interactive: false,
      argv: { remain: [], cooked: [], original: [] } }