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query-registry
Advanced tools
Query the npm registry for packuments, manifests, packages and download counts
query-registry
is an API wrapper for the npm registry API.
Using npm
:
npm add query-registry
Using yarn
:
yarn add query-registry
Using pnpm
:
pnpm add query-registry
Using bun
:
bun add query-registry
Get the metadata about the npm registry itself, if available:
import { getRegistryMetadata } from "query-registry";
const metadata = await getRegistryMetadata();
Get the public signing keys for the npm registry:
import { getRegistrySigningKeys } from "query-registry";
const { keys } = await getRegistrySigningKeys();
Get the abbreviated packument containing only the necessary data to install the react
package:
import { getAbbreviatedPackument } from "query-registry";
const abbrPackument = await getAbbreviatedPackument("react");
Get the full packument containing all the data available about the react
package:
import { getPackument } from "query-registry";
const packument = await getPackument("react");
Get the manifest containing the original package.json
data plus additional registry metadata for the latest
version of the react
package:
import { getPackageManifest } from "query-registry";
const manifest = await getPackageManifest("react");
Get the manifest for react@18.2.0
(semver version):
import { getPackageManifest } from "query-registry";
const manifest = await getPackageManifest("react", "18.2.0");
Get the manifest for react@next
(distribution tag):
import { getPackageManifest } from "query-registry";
const manifest = await getPackageManifest("react", "next");
Search packages related to react
(e.g., react
, react-dom
, ...):
import { searchPackages } from "query-registry";
const results = await searchPackages({ text: "react" });
Get the total number of downloads for package react
for the last month:
import { getPackageDownloads } from "query-registry";
const { downloads } = await getPackageDownloads("react", "last-month");
There are also these other download counts functions available: getBulkDailyPackageDownloads
, getBulkPackageDownloads
, getDailyPackageDownloads
, getDailyRegistryDownloads
and getPackageVersionsDownloads
.
Clear the internal cache.
import { cache } from "query-registry";
cache.clear();
See the quick-lru package for the cache API.
MIT
Copyright (c) 2025 Edoardo Scibona
See LICENSE file.
[4.1.0] - 2025-06-16
FAQs
Query the npm registry for packuments, manifests, packages and download counts
We found that query-registry 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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