@backstage/catalog-client
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Contains a frontend and backend compatible client for communicating with the Backstage Catalog.
Backend code may import and use this package directly.
However, frontend code will not want to instantiate a catalog client directly -
use the @backstage/plugin-catalog-react package instead, which exports a
catalogApiRef that can be leveraged like other frontend utility APIs.
The kubernetes-client package provides a client for interacting with the Kubernetes API. It allows you to manage Kubernetes resources programmatically, similar to how @backstage/catalog-client allows you to manage Backstage catalog entities. However, kubernetes-client is specific to Kubernetes resources and does not provide the same level of abstraction for software components and APIs as @backstage/catalog-client.
The octokit package is a client library for interacting with the GitHub API. It allows you to manage GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and other resources programmatically. While it provides similar functionality in terms of managing resources, it is specific to GitHub and does not offer the same centralized service catalog capabilities as @backstage/catalog-client.
The aws-sdk package is a client library for interacting with various AWS services. It allows you to manage AWS resources such as EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and Lambda functions programmatically. While it provides similar functionality in terms of managing resources, it is specific to AWS services and does not offer the same centralized service catalog capabilities as @backstage/catalog-client.
FAQs
An isomorphic client for the catalog backend
The npm package @backstage/catalog-client receives a total of 316,579 weekly downloads. As such, @backstage/catalog-client popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @backstage/catalog-client demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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