npm-dl-package v0.1.0

npm-dl-package

Download a package from npm's registry given a name with optional versioning/tags.

var dl = require('npm-dl-package');
var write = require('fs').createWriteStream;

dl('audio@~1.0.0', function(err, file, info) {
  if (err) throw err;
  file.pipe(write('./' info._id '.tgz'));
});

Installation

$ npm install --save npm-dl-package

API

dl(id, callback)

Download a package off npm's registry, with optional versioning/tags.

• id (String): Package name to download, with optional version or tag. (i.e. audio, audio@~1.0.0, audio@latest)
• callback (Function): Callback function to handle results.

callback(err, file, info)

• err (Error|null): An error to handle, otherwise null.
• file (Stream): An IncommingMessage stream of the package file.
• pkg (Object): Extra information about the package.

Credits

Jamen