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@achingbrain/follow-registry
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Follows the npm registry and yields change objects when new modules are published
const followRegistry = require('@achinbrain/follow-registry')
// All options are optional
const options = {
// user agent used to request metadata etc
ua: 'npm-registry-follower',
// where to get the changes from
replicator: 'https://replicate.npmjs.com/registry/_changes',
// where to get module details from
registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.com',
// how many sets of metadata to request concurrently
concurrency: 50,
// restart the feed if no changes are received for this long
inactivityTimeout: 3600000,
// how long to wait after inactivityTimeout
inactivityBackoff: 5000,
// how many times to try fetching module metadata
metadataRetries: 5,
// how long to wait between retries
metadataRetryBackoff: 5000,
// override which seq value to start streaming changes from
since: undefined,
// override sequence file storage
seq: {
async read (), // returns a seq number
async write (seq), // stores a seq number
async reset () // resets the seq number
}
}
for await (const { packument, seq, done } of followRegistry(options)) {
//...do something with the change
console.info(`${packument.name} was updated in seq ${seq}`)
// signal we are done processing this change
//
// Important - if `done` is not called, the change will be
// reprocessed the next time `followRegistry` is run
await done()
}
// read the last sucessfully processed seq
const seq = await follow.seq(options)
// reset the last sucessfully processed seq
await follow.reset(options)
Objects returned from the feed are in the abbreviated format.
Forked from davglass/follow-registry.
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npm registry follower
We found that @achingbrain/follow-registry demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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