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johnny-dependency

v0.4.4

Published

npm -ls for remote packages

Downloads

18

Readme

johhny-dependency

npm -ls for remote packages

Summary

johnny-dependency fetches the dependency tree metadata for a remote npm package.

Additionally johnny-dependency fetches information about the latest version of dependency packages so that you have information about the health of a package's dependency tree (ie how out of date dependencies are).

Usage

$ npm install johnny-dependency

// only required for accessing private packages
const pacoteOptions = {
  auth: {
    <NPM_AUTH_TOKEN>,
  },
};

var jd = require('johnny-dependency');

jd('johhny-dependency@latest', pacoteOptions).then((res) => {
  /*
  {
  "name":"johnny-dependency",
  "version":"0.3.0",
  "latestVersion":"0.3.0",
  "children":[
    {
      "name":"lodash",
      "version":"4.17.4",
      "latestVersion":"4.17.4",
      "children":[],
    },
    {
      "name":"rxjs",
      "version":"5.4.2",
      "latestVersion":"5.4.2",
      "children":[
        ...
      ],
    },
    ...
  */
});

johnny-dependency will prune any circular dependencies in its return data

CLI

johnny-dependency also ships with a cli script that allows you to get info about a remote package from the command-line

johnny-dependency johnny-dependency@latest

Screenshot

Private Packages

johnny-dependency works for private packages as well - you just need to provide an auth token in the optional pacoteOptions argument. See usage for an example.

If using the cli johnny-dependency will look for a token in .npmrc in your home dir.

Thank you

A big thank you to the following for their help: