Research
Recent Trends in Malicious Packages Targeting Discord
The Socket research team breaks down a sampling of malicious packages that download and execute files, among other suspicious behaviors, targeting the popular Discord platform.
govuk
Advanced tools
Readme
JavaScript API client for GOV.UK Content and Search APIs.
npm init mjs -y # initialise module-ready package.json
npm install govuk
// index.js;
import { SearchAPI, ContentAPI } from "govuk";
const searchApi = new SearchAPI();
const contentApi = new ContentAPI();
const results = await searchApi.get("Keeping a pet pig");
// Find the first result that is closest...
const searchItem = results.find((item) => item.title.includes("micropig"));
const contentItem = await contentApi.get(searchItem.link);
console.log(contentItem);
node index.js
<!-- index.html -->
<script type="module">
import { SearchAPI, ContentAPI } from "https://unpkg.com/govuk";
const searchApi = new SearchAPI();
const contentApi = new ContentAPI();
const results = await searchApi.get("Keeping a pet pig");
// Find the first result that is closest...
const searchItem = results.find((item) => item.title.includes("micropig"));
const contentItem = await contentApi.get(searchItem.link);
console.log(contentItem);
</script>
Implements the GOV.UK Content API.
Get a content item.
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
path | string | true | The path to the content on GOV.UK e.g for https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote you’d use register-to-vote |
Returns a content item from a promise or emitted by the 'data' event.
import { ContentAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new ContentAPI();
const contentItem = await api.get("Register-to-vote");
console.log(contentItem);
import { ContentAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new ContentAPI();
api.on("data", (contentItem) => {
console.log(contentItem);
});
api.get("Register-to-vote");
Implements the GOV.UK Search API.
Use the search API to get useful information about GOV.UK content
Set the default query and options for all other calls to get
, getAll
and total
methods
Parameter | Type | Required |
---|---|---|
queryOrOptions | string | Options | true |
[options] | Options | false |
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI("Micro pig", { count: 10 });
const searchResults = await api.get();
console.log(searchResults);
Get first page of search items for a query
Parameter | Type | Required |
---|---|---|
queryOrOptions | string | Options | true |
[options] | Options | false |
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
const searchResults = await api.get("Micro pig");
console.log(searchResults);
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
api.on("data", (searchResults) => {
console.log(searchResults);
});
api.get("Micro pig");
Get all pages of search items for a query.
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
queryOrOptions | string | Options | true | |
[options] | Options | false | |
options.total | number | false | maximum amount of results |
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
const searchResults = await api.getAll("Micro pig");
console.log(searchResults);
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
api.on("data", (searchResults) => {
console.log(searchResults);
});
api.getAll("Micro pig");
Get metadata for a content item.
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
path | string | true | The path to the content on GOV.UK e.g for https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote you’d use register-to-vote |
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
const contentInfo = await api.info("register-to-vote");
console.log(contentInfo);
Get total amount of search items for a query.
Parameter | Type | Required |
---|---|---|
queryOrOptions | string | Options | true |
[options] | Options | false |
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
const totalResults = await api.total("Micro pig");
console.log(totalResults);
Get facets for a field.
Parameter | Type | Required |
---|---|---|
field | string | true |
import { SearchAPI } from "govuk";
const api = new SearchAPI();
const facets = await api.facets("formats");
console.log(facets);
You can use any options available in the Search API.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
q | string | search query |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
start | number | position to start |
count | number | number of results to return |
order | string | sort order |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
fields | Array | properties to return in search item |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
filter.[field] | string | field to filter by |
aggregate.[field] | string | field to aggregate by |
reject.[field] | string | field to reject by |
facet.[field] | string | group by field |
FAQs
JavaScript API client for GOV.UK Content and Search APIs.
We found that govuk demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Did you know?
Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
Research
The Socket research team breaks down a sampling of malicious packages that download and execute files, among other suspicious behaviors, targeting the popular Discord platform.
Security News
Socket CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh joins a16z partners to discuss how modern, sophisticated supply chain attacks require AI-driven defenses and explore the challenges and solutions in leveraging AI for threat detection early in the development life cycle.
Security News
NIST's new AI Risk Management Framework aims to enhance the security and reliability of generative AI systems and address the unique challenges of malicious AI exploits.