npm-registry-fetch

What is npm-registry-fetch?

The npm-registry-fetch package is a utility that provides a simple interface to fetch resources from the npm registry. It is designed to handle various aspects of communication with the npm registry, such as handling authentication, customizing requests, and processing responses. This package is particularly useful for developers who need to interact programmatically with the npm registry to fetch package data, publish updates, or perform other registry-related tasks.

What are npm-registry-fetch's main functionalities?

Fetching package metadata

This feature allows developers to fetch metadata about a package from the npm registry. The code sample demonstrates how to retrieve JSON data for the npm-registry-fetch package itself.

const fetch = require('npm-registry-fetch');
fetch.json('https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-registry-fetch').then(data => {
  console.log(data);
}).catch(err => {
  console.error('Error fetching package:', err);
});

Custom request options

This feature allows users to customize requests when interacting with the npm registry. The code sample shows how to set custom headers and request methods.

const fetch = require('npm-registry-fetch');
const opts = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
};
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-registry-fetch', opts).then(response => {
  return response.json();
}).then(data => {
  console.log(data);
}).catch(err => {
  console.error('Error with custom request:', err);
});

Other packages similar to npm-registry-fetch

request

The 'request' package is a simplified HTTP request client that supports numerous features for making HTTP calls. It is similar to npm-registry-fetch but is not specifically tailored for interacting with the npm registry. It offers broader HTTP request capabilities but lacks the specialized npm registry integration and convenience features that npm-registry-fetch provides.

axios

Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and node.js. Like npm-registry-fetch, it can be used to make HTTP requests to any URL, including the npm registry. However, axios is more general-purpose and does not include built-in configurations or optimizations specifically for the npm registry, unlike npm-registry-fetch which is optimized for such interactions.

README

npm-registry-fetch

npm-registry-fetch is a Node.js library that implements a fetch-like API for accessing npm registry APIs consistently.

Install

$ npm install npm-logical-tree

Table of Contents

• Example
• Contributing
• API
  • fetch
  • fetch.json

Example

Contributing

The npm team enthusiastically welcomes contributions and project participation! There's a bunch of things you can do if you want to contribute! The Contributor Guide has all the information you need for everything from reporting bugs to contributing entire new features. Please don't hesitate to jump in if you'd like to, or even ask us questions if something isn't clear.

All participants and maintainers in this project are expected to follow Code of Conduct, and just generally be excellent to each other.

Please refer to the Changelog for project history details, too.

Happy hacking!

API

> fetch(url, [opts]) -> Promise<

Performs a request to a given registry URL.

Example