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A database for querying which packages depend on a specific package within a specific range
A database for querying which packages depend on a specific package within a specific range.
npm install dependency-db --save
When upgrading from version 4, remember to purge the LevelDB index.
var memdb = require('memdb')
var DependencyDb = require('dependency-db')
var db = new DependencyDb(memdb())
// pkg should be a package.json style object
var pkg = {
name: 'foo',
version: '1.2.3',
dependencies: {
bar: '^2.3.4'
}
}
db.store(pkg, function (err) {
if (err) throw err
db.query('bar', '^2.0.0', function (err, pkgs) {
if (err) throw err
console.log('Found %d dependant package releases:', pkgs.length)
pkgs.forEach(function (pkg) {
console.log('- %s@%s', pkg.name, pkg.version)
})
})
})
var db = new DependencyDb(levelup)Initialize the DependencyDb constructor with a levelup database
instance.
db.store(pkg, callback)Store a package in the database.
The first argument is a package.json style JavaScript object. Only
the name and version properties are required. If dependencies is
present, it should adhere the the regular package.json format.
The callback will be called with an optional error object as the first
arguement when the package have been processed and stored correctly in
the database.
var stream = db.query(name, range[, options][, callback])Query the database for packages that depend on name within the given
range.
The optional options argument can contain the following properties:
devDependencies - look up dev-dependencies instead of dependencies
(default: false)all - return all versions of all packages that matches the queried
dependencyIf provided, the callback will be called with an optional error object
as the first arguement and an array of packages that match the query as
the second.
Alternatively you can use the returned object-stream to stream the results:
db.query('roundround', '*').on('data', function (result) {
console.log(result)
})
Warning: OR-queries are not supported. This means that the range
argument must not contain a double pipe operator (||). If an OR-range
is given an error is thrown.
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FAQs
A database for querying which packages depend on a specific package within a specific range
The npm package dependency-db receives a total of 8 weekly downloads. As such, dependency-db popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that dependency-db 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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