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Packev is a monitoring tool that emits an event everytime a new package is updated or created in NPM.
var packev = require('packev');
var options = {
interval : 3000
};
var monitor = new packev(options);
monitor.on('data', function(package){
console.log('New package in NPM: ', package.name);
});
monitor.on('error', function(err){
throw err;
});
// All setted up, let's start the monitor
monitor.start();
on(event, callback)
register a callback for an event.start()
starts the monitor.stop()
stops the monitor.status
a string containing the current status, can be running
or stopped
data
fired when a new/updated package is found, its callback receives the
package object.error
when something whent wront, it's fired, its callback receives a error
object.cicle
emitted when a checking cicle has ended.stop
emitted when the check engine has stoped, after calling stop()
.start
emitted when the check engine has started, after calling start()
.interval
set the interval in miliseconds to check for new packages. Default
is 5000
.start
time in miliseconds to be removed from the first check time. This
way we can fetch older updates. Default is 5000
.filter
a function that receives the package object and can be used to filter
what packages will be emitted, returning true
or false
. Default is null
.endpoint
the url fom where the package check will run.fullPackage
a boolean to allow or not the full package information to be
fetched, default is false
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FAQs
Run an event when a NPM package have been updated/created.
The npm package packev receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, packev popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that packev demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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