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The package-json npm package is used to fetch metadata about a package from the npm registry without needing to download the entire package. It can be used to get the latest version of a package, its dependencies, versions, and other useful metadata.
Get the latest version of a package
Fetches the latest version of the specified package from the npm registry.
{"packageJson": require('package-json'), "getLatestPackageVersion": async function(packageName) { const packageData = await packageJson(packageName); return packageData.version; }}
Get metadata for a specific version of a package
Retrieves metadata for a specific version of a package, including dependencies, repository information, and more.
{"packageJson": require('package-json'), "getPackageDataForVersion": async function(packageName, version) { const packageData = await packageJson(packageName, {version: version}); return packageData; }}
Get all versions of a package
Fetches a list of all available versions of a package from the npm registry.
{"packageJson": require('package-json'), "getAllVersions": async function(packageName) { const packageData = await packageJson(packageName, {allVersions: true}); return Object.keys(packageData.versions); }}
Get the full metadata of a package
Retrieves the full metadata of a package, which includes additional information that's not part of the default output, such as deprecated versions and peerDependencies.
{"packageJson": require('package-json'), "getFullMetadata": async function(packageName) { const packageData = await packageJson(packageName, {fullMetadata: true}); return packageData; }}
Similar to package-json, npm-registry-fetch is used to make requests to the npm registry. It provides more control over the HTTP requests, such as custom headers, but it's lower-level and requires more setup compared to package-json.
Pacote is a library that can fetch metadata and tarballs from npm. It's more feature-rich than package-json, offering manifest fetching, tarball extraction, and more. It's also used internally by npm CLI.
While not directly similar, registry-auth-token is often used in conjunction with packages like package-json to handle private packages that require authentication. It retrieves the auth token for the npm registry from the user's .npmrc file.
Get the package.json of a package from the npm registry
$ npm install --save package-json
const packageJson = require('package-json');
packageJson('pageres', 'latest').then(json => {
console.log(json);
//=> {name: 'pageres', ...}
});
// also works with scoped packages
packageJson('@company/package', 'latest').then(json => {
console.log(json);
//=> {name: 'package', ...}
});
You can optionally specify a version (e.g. 1.0.0
) or latest
.
If you don't specify a version you'll get the main entry containing all versions.
The version can also be in any format supported by the semver module. For example:
1
- get the latest 1.x.x
1.2
- get the latest 1.2.x
^1.2.3
- get the latest 1.x.x
but at least 1.2.3
~1.2.3
- get the latest 1.2.x
but at least 1.2.3
Both public and private registries are supported, for both scoped and unscoped packages, as long as the registry uses either bearer tokens or basic authentication.
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Get metadata of a package from the npm registry
We found that package-json demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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