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@socketsecurity/sdk
Advanced tools
JavaScript SDK for Socket.dev API.
pnpm add @socketsecurity/sdk
import { SocketSdk } from '@socketsecurity/sdk'
const client = new SocketSdk('your-api-key', {
retries: 3, // Retry failed requests up to 3 times
retryDelay: 1000, // Start with 1s delay, exponential backoff
timeout: 30000, // 30 second timeout
})
// Check your quota
const quota = await client.getQuota()
if (quota.success) {
console.log(`Available quota: ${quota.data.quota} units`)
}
// Analyze a package
const result = await client.getScoreByNpmPackage('express', '4.18.0')
if (result.success) {
console.log(`Dependency Score: ${result.data.depscore}`)
}
// Batch analyze multiple packages
const batchResult = await client.batchPackageFetch({
components: [
{ purl: 'pkg:npm/express@4.18.0' },
{ purl: 'pkg:npm/react@18.0.0' },
],
})
| Guide | Description |
|---|---|
| API Reference | Complete API method documentation |
| Quota Management | Cost tiers (0/10/100) and utilities |
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FAQs
SDK for the Socket API client
The npm package @socketsecurity/sdk receives a total of 20,602 weekly downloads. As such, @socketsecurity/sdk popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @socketsecurity/sdk 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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