get-pkg-repo

What is get-pkg-repo?

The get-pkg-repo npm package is designed to extract repository information from a package.json file. This can be useful for various tasks such as automating repository-related workflows, generating documentation, or integrating with other tools that require repository details.

What are get-pkg-repo's main functionalities?

Extract Repository URL

This feature allows you to extract the repository URL from a package.json file. The code sample demonstrates how to require the get-pkg-repo package, read the package.json file, and then extract and log the repository URL.

const getPkgRepo = require('get-pkg-repo');
const pkg = require('./package.json');
const repo = getPkgRepo(pkg);
console.log(repo.url);

Extract Repository Type

This feature allows you to extract the type of repository (e.g., git) from a package.json file. The code sample shows how to extract and log the repository type.

const getPkgRepo = require('get-pkg-repo');
const pkg = require('./package.json');
const repo = getPkgRepo(pkg);
console.log(repo.type);

Extract Repository Directory

This feature allows you to extract the directory within the repository if specified in the package.json file. The code sample demonstrates how to extract and log the repository directory.

const getPkgRepo = require('get-pkg-repo');
const pkg = require('./package.json');
const repo = getPkgRepo(pkg);
console.log(repo.directory);

Other packages similar to get-pkg-repo

normalize-package-data

The normalize-package-data package is used to normalize package metadata, including repository information. It provides a more comprehensive solution for handling package.json data but may be overkill if you only need repository details.

parse-package-name

The parse-package-name package is designed to parse package names and extract information such as scope and name. While it doesn't specifically focus on repository information, it can be used in conjunction with other tools to achieve similar results.

read-pkg

The read-pkg package is used to read and parse package.json files. It provides a simple way to access package metadata, including repository information, but requires additional logic to extract specific details like repository URL or type.

README

Get repository url from package json data

Synopsis

People usually have different formats of repository url in package.json and sometimes they even have a typo.

This module uses normalize-package-data, github-url-from-git and npm/repo to parse data. Please check them out for more details.

This module can fix some common typos.

Install

$ npm install --save get-pkg-repo

Usage

var fs = require('fs');
var getPkgRepo = require('get-pkg-repo');

fs.readFile('package.json', function(err, pkgData) {
  if (err) {
    ...
  }

  var url = getPkgRepo(pkgData);
  console.log(url)
  //=> https://github.com/stevemao/get-pkg-repo
})

API

getPkgRepo(pkgData, [fixTypo, [warn]])

Returns a string. An empty string '' will be returned if repository url is not found or cannot be parsed properly.

pkgData

Type: string or json

fixTypo

Type: boolean

If you want to autofix your typical typo pass true. See the list of typos.

warn

Type: function

If fixTypo is true you can also pass a warn function. Eg: console.warn.

CLI

You can use cli to see what your url will look like after being parsed.

$ npm install --global get-pkg-repo
$ get-pkg-repo bitbucket.org/a/b.git
http://bitbucket.org/a/b

You can also validate your package.json

$ cat package.json | get-pkg-repo --fix-typo
https://github.com/stevemao/get-pkg-repo

License

MIT © Steve Mao