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package-json

Get the package.json of a package from the npm registry

Install

$ npm install --save package-json

Usage

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', ...}
});

API

packageJson(name, [version])

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

Authentication

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.

package-json-cli - CLI for this module
latest-version - Get the latest version of an npm package
pkg-versions - Get the version numbers of a package from the npm registry
npm-keyword - Get a list of npm packages with a certain keyword
npm-user - Get user info of an npm user
npm-email - Get the email of an npm user

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