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@arethetypeswrong/history
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This package provides `@arethetypeswrong/core` analysis for every [npm-high-impact](https://github.com/wooorm/npm-high-impact) package at the latest version available on the first of every month since January 2022.
This package provides @arethetypeswrong/core analysis for every npm-high-impact package at the latest version available on the first of every month since January 2022.
The analysis is saved as a 1.2 GB newline-delimited JSON file, cached in Azure Storage for incremental updates going forward, compressed down to 34 MB for shipping to npm, and accessible in Node as a JavaScript object via a small programmatic interface.
import { getAllDataAsObject, getVersionsByDate } from "@arethetypeswrong/history";
const dates = await getVersionsByDate();
const data = await getAllDataAsObject();
function getPackagesWithFalseCJSProblems(date) {
const packages = dates[date];
const result = [];
for (const { packageName, packageVersion } of packages) {
const analysis = data[`${packageName}@${packageVersion}`];
// `analysis` is undefined if the package doesn't contain types
if (analysis?.problems.some((p) => p.kind === "FalseESM")) {
result.push(analysis);
}
}
return result;
}
const mayFalseESMProblems = getPackagesWithFalseCJSProblems("2023-05-01").length;
const juneFalseESMProblems = getPackagesWithFalseCJSProblems("2023-06-01").length;
console.log({ mayFalseESMProblems, juneFalseESMProblems });
FAQs
This package provides `@arethetypeswrong/core` analysis for every [npm-high-impact](https://github.com/wooorm/npm-high-impact) package at the latest version available on the first of every month since January 2022.
We found that @arethetypeswrong/history 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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