A lightweight package that retrieve the information of a npm package
npm install --save about-packagevar aboutPackage = require('about-package');
aboutPackage('express', function(err, info) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
}
else console.log(info);
});| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
string | Package name |
version |
string | Latest version of that npm package |
description |
string | Description of that npm package |
license |
string | Type of license of that npm package |
downloads |
object | This attribute contains number of download counts on last day, last week and last month |
github |
object | This attribute contains github information of that npm package. e.g: stars, forks, open issues, watchers, last updated and created |
{
name: 'express',
version: '4.16.2',
description: 'Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework',
license: 'MIT',
downloads: {
lastDay: 726729,
lastWeek: 4254539,
lastMonth: 4254539
},
github: {
stars: 36286,
forks: 6541,
openIssues: 166,
watchers: 36286,
lastUpdated: '2018-01-26T13:00:10Z',
created: '2009-06-26T18:56:01Z'
}
}MIT Licensed. Copyright (c) Farhad Yasir 2018.