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write-package
Advanced tools
Write a
package.json
file
Writes atomically and creates directories for you as needed. Sorts dependencies when writing. Preserves the indentation if the file already exists.
npm install write-package
import path from 'node:path';
import {writePackage} from 'write-package';
await writePackage({foo: true});
console.log('done');
await writePackage(path.join('unicorn', 'package.json'), {foo: true});
console.log('done');
Returns a Promise
that resolves when the package.json
file has been written.
Type: string
Default: process.cwd()
The path to where the package.json
file should be written or its directory.
Type object
JSON data to write to the package.json
file.
Type: object
See Options.
Returns a Promise
that resolves when the package.json
file has been updated.
import {updatePackage} from 'write-package';
await updatePackage({foo: true});
//=> { "foo": true }
await updatePackage({foo: false, bar: true});
//=> { "foo": false, "bar": true }
Type: string
Default: process.cwd()
The path to where the package.json
file should be written or its directory.
Type object
JSON data to write to the package.json
file. If the file already exists, existing fields will be merged with the values in data
.
Type: object
See Options.
Returns a Promise
that resolves when the package.json
file has been written.
import {writePackage, addPackageDependencies} from 'write-package';
await writePackage({foo: true});
//=> { "foo": true }
await addPackageDependencies({foo: '1.0.0'});
//=> { "foo": true, "dependencies": { "foo": "1.0.0" } }
await addPackageDependencies({dependencies: {foo: '1.0.0'}, devDependencies: {bar: '1.0.0'}});
//=> { "foo": true, "dependencies": { "foo": "1.0.0" }, "devDependencies": { "bar": "1.0.0" } }
Type: string
Default: process.cwd()
The path to where the package.json
file should be written or its directory.
Type: Record<string, string> | Partial<Record<'dependencies' | 'devDependencies' | 'optionalDependencies' | 'peerDependencies', Record<string, string>>>
Dependencies to add to the package.json
file.
Type: object
See Options.
Returns a Promise
that resolves when the package.json
file has been written. Does not throw if the file does not exist.
import {writePackage, removePackageDependencies} from 'write-package';
await writePackage({foo: true, dependencies: {foo: '1.0.0'}, devDependencies: {bar: '1.0.0'}});
//=> { "foo": true, "dependencies": { "foo": "1.0.0" }, "devDependencies": { "bar": "1.0.0" } }
await removePackageDependencies(['foo']);
//=> { "foo": true, "devDependencies": { "bar": "1.0.0" } }
await removePackageDependencies({devDependencies: ['bar']});
//=> { "foo": true }
Type: string
Default: process.cwd()
The path to where the package.json
file should be written or its directory.
Type string[] | Partial<Record<'dependencies' | 'devDependencies' | 'optionalDependencies' | 'peerDependencies', string[]>>
Dependencies to remove from the package.json
file.
Type: object
See Options.
Type: string | number
Default: Auto-detected or '\t'
The indentation to use for new files.
Accepts '\t'
for tab indentation or a number of spaces.
If the file already exists, the existing indentation will be used.
Type: boolean
Default: true
Remove empty dependencies
, devDependencies
, optionalDependencies
and peerDependencies
objects.
package.json
fileFAQs
Write a package.json file
The npm package write-package receives a total of 22,743 weekly downloads. As such, write-package popularity was classified as popular.
We found that write-package 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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