detect-node-support

List the Node.js versions supported by the package/repository

This repository is managed by the Package Maintenance Working Group, see Governance.

Setup

No setup is required, however if you do not have a GH_TOKEN environment limit, you will likely hit a request rate limit on Github API, which may result in very long wait times for retries.

Usage (command line)

$ npx detect-node-support [options] <path>

Prints the supported Node.js versions for the package at the specified path. When the path is not a git repository - tries to read the git repository from package.json and tries to detect the versions listed in the repository as well.

When path is omitted, tries to detect the versions for cwd.

$ npx detect-node-support [options] <package name>

Prints supported Node.js versions for the package from the registry.

$ npx detect-node-support [options] <repository git URL>

Prints supported Node.js versions for the package at the git URL.

Options

• --deep - when used with --deps, include indirect dependencies
• --deps - include the support information of direct production dependencies
• --dev - when used with --deps, include dev dependencies

Usage (library)

const result = await require('detect-node-support').detect({ path }, options);

path should be a folder in the local file system. When the path is not a git repository - tries to read the git repository from package.json and tries to detect the versions listed in the repository as well.

const result = await require('detect-node-support').detect({ packageName }, options);

packageName is a string name for the package in the registry.

const result = await require('detect-node-support').detect({ repository }, options);

repository is a URL for a git repository.

const result = await require('detect-node-support').detect(what, options);

what is a string containing either a package name, or a local path, or a reference to a git repository.

Options

• deep: false - when true and used deps: true, include indirect dependencies
• deps: false - when true, include the support information of all dependencies.
• dev: false - when true and used with deps: true, include dev dependencies

Result

• Throws if the path / repository does not have a package.json
• Throws if packageName does not exist in the registry
• Throws when unable to detect a git repository for the package

Otherwise returns an object with:

const result = {

    // the `name` field of the `package.json`
    "name": "package-name",    
    
    // the `version` field of the `package.json` when used with `path` / `repository`,
    // the `latest` dist-tag version when used with `package`
    "version": "0.0.0",

    // the current time when the result is returned
    "timestamp": 1577115956099,

    // git commit hash of the repository HEAD at the time of scanning
    "commit": "2de28c8c4ab8ac998d403509123736929131908c",

    // will be left out when not present in the `package.json`
    // a copy of the `engines.node` field from the `package.json` if present
    "engines": ">=x.y.z", 

    // will be left out when `.travis.yml` file is not present
    "travis": {
        // the list of versions as detected by inspecting `node_js` / `matrix` configuration
        // will be an empty array when no versions are detected or the project is not a Node.js project
        // will contain "latest" when `language: node_js` specified, but no explicit versions detected
        "raw": ["8", "10", "lts/*", "invalid-specifier"],

        // raw version specifiers and keywords (as keys) resolved to exact Node.js versions (as values)
        // the value will be `false` when the specifier/keyword is unrecognized
        // will be an empty object when the `raw` array is empty
        "resolved": {
            "8": "8.17.0", 
            "10": "10.18.0", 
            "lts/*": "12.14.0",
            "invalid-specifier": false
        }       
    },

    // only present when explicitly requested
    "dependencies": {

        // will contain a support object for every unique dependency in the tree
        // note that the `version` will be the _latest_ version available in the registry
        // see below for the actual versions installed   
        "support": [
            { 
                "name": "dependency-A" 
                /*... other fields ...*/ 
            },
            { 
                "name": "dependency-B" 
                /*... other fields ...*/ 
            }           
        ],
    
        // will contain a list of unique versions for each dependency found in the dependency tree
        "versions": {
            "dependency-A": ["0.0.10", "1.2.5"],
            "dependency-B": ["0.5.3", "1.0.0"],
            "dependency-C": ["7.8.9"]
        },
        
        // will contain a list of errors that were encountered while resolving dependency support information
        "errors": {
            "dependency-C": {
                // the `message` will always be either a string or `null`
                "message": "Failed to download some information or something"
            }       
        }       
    }
}