npm-package-json-lint
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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.
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.jsoneslint-plugin-json is an ESLint plugin that allows you to lint JSON files, including package.json. It provides a way to enforce JSON-specific rules using the familiar ESLint framework. Compared to npm-package-json-lint, it integrates JSON linting into the broader ESLint ecosystem.
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 is a library for validating JSON documents against a JSON Schema. It can be used to enforce a schema for package.json files, ensuring they adhere to a predefined structure. Unlike npm-package-json-lint, it focuses on schema validation rather than linting rules.
A package.json linter for Node projects
npm-package-json-lint helps enforce standards for your package.json file. Currently it can check for:
name should always be a string.Please see the website for a list of rules.
First thing first, let's make sure you have the necessary pre-requisites.
npm install npm-package-json-lint -gnpm install npm-package-json-lintQuick links
CLI commands and configuration | Node.js API
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Copyright (c) 2016-2022 Thomas Lindner. Licensed under the MIT license.
FAQs
Configurable linter for package.json files.
The npm package npm-package-json-lint receives a total of 91,896 weekly downloads. As such, npm-package-json-lint popularity was classified as popular.
We found that npm-package-json-lint 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.
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