What is npm-package-json-lint?
npm-package-json-lint is a tool for linting package.json files, ensuring they adhere to a defined set of rules and best practices. It helps maintain consistency and correctness in package.json files across projects.
What are npm-package-json-lint's main functionalities?
Linting package.json files
This feature allows you to define a set of rules for linting package.json files. The code sample shows a configuration file that extends the default configuration and specifies rules for the name type, version format, and requiring an author field.
module.exports = {
extends: 'npm-package-json-lint-config-default',
rules: {
'name-type': 'error',
'version-format': 'error',
'require-author': 'error'
}
};
Custom rule definitions
You can define custom rules to enforce specific requirements in your package.json files. The code sample demonstrates how to restrict certain dependencies and require the scripts field.
module.exports = {
rules: {
'no-restricted-dependencies': ['error', ['lodash', 'underscore']],
'require-scripts': 'error'
}
};
Command-line interface
The package provides a CLI for linting package.json files. The code sample shows how to run the linter using npx and a specified configuration file.
npx npm-package-json-lint . --config .npmpackagejsonlintrc.json
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eslint-plugin-json
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jsonlint
jsonlint is a pure JavaScript library for validating and formatting JSON data. While it doesn't provide package.json-specific rules, it ensures that JSON files are syntactically correct. It is more general-purpose compared to npm-package-json-lint.
json-schema
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npm-package-json-lint
A package.json linter for Node projects
What is npm-package-json-lint?
npm-package-json-lint helps enforce standards for your package.json file.
Currently it can check for:
- validity of data types in nodes. Ex:
name
should always be a string. - whether a string is a lowercase
- whether a version number is a valid
- the presence of a given module
- the presence of a pre-release version of a module
- and much more!
Please see the website for a list of rules.
How do I install it?
First thing first, let's make sure you have the necessary pre-requisites.
System Dependencies
Node
Use the cli
Use cli globally
npm install npm-package-json-lint -g
Use cli in project
npm install npm-package-json-lint
Documentation
Website
Quick links
CLI commands and configuration | Node.js API
Migrating from v3.x.x to 4.x.x
Please see the migration guide.
Migrating from v2.x.x to 3.x.x
Please see the migration guide.
Migrating from v1.x.x to 2.x.x
Please see the migration guide.
Migrating from v0.x.x to 1.x.x
Please see the migration guide.
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.
Release History
Please see CHANGELOG.md.
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License
Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Thomas Lindner. Licensed under the MIT license.