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@akepinski/package-json
Advanced tools
Get metadata of a package from the npm registry
$ npm install package-json
const packageJson = require('package-json');
(async () => {
console.log(await packageJson('ava'));
//=> {name: 'ava', ...}
// Also works with scoped packages
console.log(await packageJson('@sindresorhus/df'));
})();
Type: string
Name of the package.
Type: object
Type: string
Default: latest
Package version such as 1.0.0
or a dist tag such as latest
.
The version can also be in any format supported by the semver module. For example:
1
- Get the latest 1.x.x
1.2
- Get the latest 1.2.x
^1.2.3
- Get the latest 1.x.x
but at least 1.2.3
~1.2.3
- Get the latest 1.2.x
but at least 1.2.3
Type: boolean
Default: false
By default, only an abbreviated metadata object is returned for performance reasons. Read more.
Type: boolean
Default: false
Return the main entry containing all versions.
Type: string
Default: Auto-detected
The registry URL is by default inferred from the npm defaults and .npmrc
. This is beneficial as package-json
and any project using it will work just like npm. This option is only intended for internal tools. You should not use this option in reusable packages. Prefer just using .npmrc
whenever possible.
Type: http.Agent | https.Agent | object | false
Overwrite the agent
option that is passed down to got
. This might be useful to add proxy support.
The error thrown when the given package name cannot be found.
The error thrown when the given package version cannot be found.
Both public and private registries are supported, for both scoped and unscoped packages, as long as the registry uses either bearer tokens or basic authentication.
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FAQs
package-json without got and semver
The npm package @akepinski/package-json receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, @akepinski/package-json popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @akepinski/package-json 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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