getting 400 bad request error while installing webpack npm package

Error Log info : 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe', 1 verbose cli 'C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', 1 verbose cli 'install', 1 verbose cli '--save-dev', 1 verbose cli 'webpack' ] 2 info using npm@5.0.1 3 info using node@v6.10.2 4 silly install loadCurrentTree 5 silly install readLocalPackageData 6 http fetch GET 400 https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack 238ms 7 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for webpack@latest 400 Bad Request ( The data is invalid. ): webpack@latest 8 verbose stack Error: 400 Bad Request ( The data is invalid. ): webpack@latest 8 verbose stack at fetch.then.res (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\pacote\lib\fetchers\registry\fetch.js:36:19) 8 verbose stack at tryCatcher (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\util.js:16:23) 8 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:512:31) 8 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromise (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:569:18) 8 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromise0 (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:614:10) 8 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromises (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:693:18) 8 verbose stack at Async._drainQueue (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:133:16) 8 verbose stack at Async._drainQueues (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:143:10) 8 verbose stack at Immediate.Async.drainQueues (C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:17:14) 8 verbose stack at runCallback (timers.js:666:20) 8 verbose stack at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:639:5) 8 verbose stack at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:611:5) 9 verbose cwd D:\2017\ReactJSProject 10 verbose Windows_NT 6.1.7601 11 verbose argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\wf70\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "--save-dev" "webpack" 12 verbose node v6.10.2 13 verbose npm v5.0.1 14 error code E400 15 error 400 Bad Request ( The data is invalid. ): webpack@latest 16 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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