400 Bad Request: npm@latest

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I'm opening this issue because:

• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• npm is doing something I don't understand.

What's going wrong?

C:\Program Files\IBM\IIB\10.0.0.4>node -v
v8.9.4

C:\Program Files\IBM\IIB\10.0.0.4>npm -v
5.6.0

C:\Program Files\IBM\IIB\10.0.0.4>npm install -g apiconnect
npm ERR! code E400
npm ERR! 400 Bad Request: apiconnect@latest

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\sadea\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2018-01-24T05_21_22_
430Z-debug.log

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

Running the above commands.
https://gist.github.com/akiransa/aa46b539729d82f768b219f510bbb03a

supporting information:

• npm -v prints: 5.6.0
• node -v prints:v8.9.4
• npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: Windows
• Network issues:
  • Geographic location where npm was run: India
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.

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2018-01-24T05_21_22_430Z-debug.log

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It looks like it would work with older version of npm v3.x.x as per the documentation. Hence closing this as this is not a valid issue.