get-package v1.0.1

get-package

Get package.json from disk/npm depending on the path/name

Install

$ npm install --save get-package

Usage

var getPackage = require('get-package')

getPackage('xtend', callback)
//=> gets latest xtend package.json from npm

getPackage('./node_modules/xtend', callback)
//=> gets package.json from xtend on disk

API

getPackage(name, [options], callback) -> undefined

name

Required
Type: string

A valid package name or path. Relative paths must begin with a . to be detected.

options

version

Type: string
Default: latest

The version to fetch. If the local version does not match, npm will be queried even when name is a local path.

cwd

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

callback

Required
Type: function
Arguments: err, json

A callback that will receive the parsed JSON of the package.

License

MIT © Ben Drucker