1.2.0 • Published 6 years ago

about-package v1.2.0

Weekly downloads
7
License
MIT
Repository
github
Last release
6 years ago

about-package

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A lightweight package that retrieve the information of a npm package

Installation

npm install --save about-package

Usage

var aboutPackage = require('about-package');

aboutPackage('express', function(err, info) {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
  else console.log(info);
});

Output

AttributeTypeDescription
namestringPackage name
versionstringLatest version of that npm package
descriptionstringDescription of that npm package
licensestringType of license of that npm package
downloadsobjectThis attribute contains number of download counts on last day, last week and last month
githubobjectThis attribute contains github information of that npm package. e.g: stars, forks, open issues, watchers, last updated and created

Sample Output

{ 
  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' 
  }
}

License

MIT Licensed. Copyright (c) Farhad Yasir 2018.