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pluginclerk
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A clerk for retrieving compatible plugins from the npm database
npm install --save pluginclerk
require('pluginclerk')
This package is published with the following editions:
pluginclerk/source/index.ts
is typescript source code with import for modulespluginclerk
aliases pluginclerk/edition-node-13/index.js
pluginclerk/edition-node-13/index.js
is typescript compiled for node.js 13 with require for modules'use strict'
const clerk = require('pluginclerk').create({
// Required: The keyword that must be specified inside the plugin's package.json:keywords property
keyword: 'docpad-plugin',
// Optional: A prefix that the name of the plugin must be prefixed by to be valid
// Defaults to nothing
prefix: 'docpad-plugin-',
// Optional: A function used for logging receives the arguments (logLevel, ...message)
// Defaults to nothing
log: console.log,
// Optional: The amount of milliseconds until we have to query the npm database again
// Defaults to one day
cacheDuration: null,
// Optional: The registry hostname we should use for the API calls
// Defaults to "https://registry.npmjs.org"
registryHostname: null
})
// Fetch the latest version of a particular plugin
// Note the `installPeers` result,
// as `docpad-plugin-eco` has the peerDependency `docpad`, and no dependencies where supplied, it should be installed
clerk
.fetchPlugin({ name: 'docpad-plugin-eco' })
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error)
/* {
success: true,
message: 'Successfully fetched the latest and compatible version of the plugin docpad-plugin-eco',
skippedVersions: {},
latestVersion: '2.1.0',
installVersion: '2.1.0',
installPeers: [ 'docpad' ]
} */
// Fetch the latest version of a particular plugin that is compatible with the specified dependencies
// Note the `installPeers` result,
// as `docpad-plugin-eco` has the peerDependency `docpad`, and we supplied it, there is no need to install it
clerk
.fetchPlugin({
name: 'docpad-plugin-eco',
dependencies: { docpad: '6.78.0' }
})
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error)
/* {
success: true,
message: 'Successfully fetched the latest and compatible version of the plugin docpad-plugin-eco',
skippedVersions: {},
latestVersion: '2.1.0',
installVersion: '2.1.0',
installPeers: [ ]
} */
// Fetch the latest version of a particular plugin that is compatible with the specified dependencies
// Note the `installVersion` and `skippedVersions` results,
// a few plugin versions where skipped because they required a `docpad` version range that our supplied `docpad` version didn't fulfill
// Note the `installPeers` result
// as `docpad-plugin-eco` has the peerDependency `docpad`, and we supplied it, there is no need to install it
clerk
.fetchPlugin({
name: 'docpad-plugin-eco',
dependencies: { docpad: '5.0.0' }
})
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error)
/* ] {
success: true,
message: 'Successfully fetched an older and compatible version of the plugin docpad-plugin-eco',
skippedVersions: {
'2.1.0': { docpad: '^6.59.0' }
'2.0.0': { docpad: '^6.53.0' }
},
latestVersion: '2.1.0',
installVersion: '1.0.0',
installPeers: [] }
} */
// You can also fetch all plugins with some basic information
clerk
.fetchPlugins({})
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error)
/* {
success: true,
message: 'Successfully fetched the plugins',
plugins: {
'docpad-plugin-eco': {
'description': '...',
'homepage': '...',
'version': '2.1.0'
}
}
} */
// You can also fetch all plugins with their compatibility information
clerk
.fetchPlugins({ dependencies: { docpad: '5.0.0' } })
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error)
/* {
success: true,
message: 'Successfully fetched the plugins',
plugins: {
'docpad-plugin-eco': {
'description': '...',
'homepage': '...',
'version': '1.0.0',
'compatibility': {} // result of fetchPlugin
}
}
} */
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file.
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file.
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FAQs
A clerk for retrieving compatible plugins from the npm database
We found that pluginclerk 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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