npm-cli-version

npm-cli-version

Get the currently installed npm CLI version

const npmCliVersion = require('npm-cli-version');

(async () => {
  await npmCliVersion(); //=> '5.5.1'
})();

Unlike the prior arts, it doesn't execute npm --version in a child process.

Installation

Use npm.

npm install npm-cli-version

API

const npmCliVersion = require('npm-cli-version');

npmCliVersion()

Return: Promise<string>

Related projects

• parse-npm-version — Similar to this module, but returns a Promise for a node-semver object instead
• npm-cli-dir — Resolve the directory path where npm CLI is installed. Used by this module.

License

ISC License 2018 Shinnosuke Watanabe