get-package-information v2.0.0

get-package-information

Description

This module provides functions to get information about other not installed modules in JSON format. It executes npm info command to get specific data from package.json.

Available information to get:

• Dependencies
• Development dependencies
• All dependencies
• Other fields (version, description, keywords, etc.)

API

• getDependencies
• getDependenciesSync
• getDevDependencies
• getDevDependenciesSync
• getAllDependencies
• getAllDependenciesSync
• getFields
• getFieldsSync

getDependencies

import { getDependencies } from "get-package-information";

getDependencies('webpack').then((dependencies => {
    console.log(dependencies);
})); 

Result:

{
    "@types/eslint-scope": "^3.7.0",
    "@types/estree": "^0.0.50",
    "@webassemblyjs/ast": "1.11.1",
    ...
}

getDependenciesSync

import { getDependenciesSync } from "get-package-information";

const dependencies = getDependenciesSync('webpack'); 
console.log(dependencies);

Result:

{
    "@types/eslint-scope": "^3.7.0",
    "@types/estree": "^0.0.50",
    "@webassemblyjs/ast": "1.11.1",
    ...
}

getDevDependencies

import { getDevDependencies } from "get-package-information";

getDevDependencies('webpack').then((devDependencies => {
    console.log(devDependencies);
})); 

Result:

{
    "@babel/core": "^7.11.1",
    "@babel/preset-react": "7.10.4",
    "@types/es-module-lexer": "^0.4.1",
    ...
}

getDevDependenciesSync

import { getDevDependenciesSync } from "get-package-information";

const devDependencies = getDevDependenciesSync('webpack');
console.log(devDependencies);

Result:

{
    "@babel/core": "^7.11.1",
    "@babel/preset-react": "7.10.4",
    "@types/es-module-lexer": "^0.4.1",
    ...
}

getAllDependencies

import { getAllDependencies } from "get-package-information";

getAllDependencies('webpack').then((dependencies => {
    console.log(dependencies);
})); 

Result:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/eslint-scope": "^3.7.0",
    "@types/estree": "^0.0.50",
    ...
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.11.1",
    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.10.4",
    ...
  }
}

getAllDependenciesSync

import { getAllDependencies } from "get-package-information";

const dependencies = getAllDependencies('webpack');
console.log(dependencies);

Result:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/eslint-scope": "^3.7.0",
    "@types/estree": "^0.0.50",
    ...
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.11.1",
    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.10.4",
    ...
  }
}

getFields

import { getFields } from "get-package-information";

getFields('webpack', ['author', 'description', 'repository']).then(info => {
    console.log(info);
    console.log(info.repository.url);
});

Result:

{
  "author": 'Tobias Koppers @sokra',
  "description": 'Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser...',
  "repository": { "type": 'git', "url": 'git+https://github.com/webpack/webpack.git' }
}
git+https://github.com/webpack/webpack.git

getFieldsSync

import { getFieldsSync } from "get-package-information";

const info = getFieldsSync('webpack', ['author', 'description', 'repository']);
console.log(info);
console.log(info.repository.url)

Result:

{
  "author": 'Tobias Koppers @sokra',
  "description": 'Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser...',
  "repository": { "type": 'git', "url": 'git+https://github.com/webpack/webpack.git' }
}
git+https://github.com/webpack/webpack.git