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@socketsecurity/registry
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Programmatic access to Socket Registry metadata, constants, and helper utilities for package management operations.
pnpm install @socketsecurity/registry
import { getManifestData, Categories, PURL_Type } from '@socketsecurity/registry'
// Get all manifest data
const manifest = getManifestData()
// Get npm ecosystem packages
const npmPackages = getManifestData(PURL_Type.NPM)
// Get specific package data
const packageData = getManifestData(PURL_Type.NPM, 'deep-equal')
if (packageData) {
console.log(packageData.categories) // ['speedup', 'cleanup']
console.log(packageData.version) // '2.2.3'
console.log(packageData.engines.node) // '>=18'
}
getManifestData()Query the Socket Registry manifest for package overrides.
// Get all ecosystems
function getManifestData(): Manifest
// Get all packages for an ecosystem
function getManifestData(ecosystem: EcosystemString): ManifestEntry[]
// Get specific package metadata
function getManifestData(
ecosystem: EcosystemString,
packageName: string,
): ManifestEntryData | undefined
enum Categories {
CLEANUP = 'cleanup', // Reduced dependencies
LEVELUP = 'levelup', // New features
SPEEDUP = 'speedup', // Performance improvements
TUNEUP = 'tuneup', // Security fixes
}
enum Interop {
BROWSERIFY = 'browserify',
CJS = 'cjs',
ESM = 'esm',
}
enum PURL_Type {
NPM = 'npm',
PYPI = 'pypi',
// ... and more ecosystem types
}
Import Node.js and package manager constants:
import {
NODE_MODULES,
PACKAGE_JSON,
PNPM_LOCK_YAML,
NPM_REGISTRY_URL,
} from '@socketsecurity/registry'
For a complete list of available constants, see the package.json exports.
All types are exported for TypeScript projects:
import type {
Manifest,
ManifestEntry,
ManifestEntryData,
CategoryString,
InteropString,
EcosystemString,
} from '@socketsecurity/registry'
Access utility modules for common operations:
// File system utilities
import { /* utilities */ } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/fs'
// Package utilities
import { /* utilities */ } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/packages'
// Path utilities
import { /* utilities */ } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/paths'
// And many more...
See the exports map for all available utility modules.
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Socket Registry - Core utilities and infrastructure for Socket.dev security tools
The npm package @socketsecurity/registry receives a total of 2,384 weekly downloads. As such, @socketsecurity/registry popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @socketsecurity/registry demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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