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npm-dep-tree-analyzer

v0.1.7

Published

A utility for analyzing npm package dependencies

Downloads

612

Readme

npm-dep-tree-analyzer

A powerful TypeScript library for analyzing npm package dependencies, providing comprehensive dependency tree analysis and visualization with hoisting support.

CI

Features

  • 🔍 Deep Dependency Analysis: Analyze direct and transitive dependencies
  • 🌳 Dependency Tree Generation: Generate detailed dependency trees with version information
  • 📦 Hoisting Support: Simulate npm's package hoisting behavior
  • Parallel Processing: Fast dependency resolution with concurrent package fetching
  • 🎯 Version Conflict Detection: Identify and report version conflicts
  • 🤝 Peer Dependency Handling: Comprehensive peer dependency analysis and validation
  • 💾 Smart Caching: Built-in caching to reduce registry requests

Installation

npm install npm-dep-tree-analyzer

Usage

Analyzing a Single Package

import { NpmDepTreeAnalyzer } from 'npm-dep-tree-analyzer';

const analyzer = new NpmDepTreeAnalyzer();
const result = await analyzer.analyze('next', '14.0.3');

// Print dependency tree
NpmDepTreeAnalyzer.printDependencyTree(result.dependencyTree);

// Print hoisted tree (similar to node_modules structure)
NpmDepTreeAnalyzer.printHoistedTree(result.hoistedTree);

Analyzing Multiple Packages

import { NpmDepTreeAnalyzer } from 'npm-dep-tree-analyzer';

const analyzer = new NpmDepTreeAnalyzer({
  registry: 'https://registry.npmmirror.com',
  timeout: 30000,
  headers: {
    'User-Agent': 'npm-dep-tree-analyzer-example'
  }
});

const packages = [
  { name: 'express', version: '4.18.2' },
  { name: 'react', version: '18.2.0' },
  { name: '@testing-library/react', version: '14.1.2' }
];

const result = await analyzer.analyze(packages);

// Print combined hoisted tree
NpmDepTreeAnalyzer.printHoistedTree(result.combined.hoistedTree);

// Print individual dependency trees
for (const [pkgKey, analysis] of result.individual) {
  console.log(`\nDependency Tree for ${pkgKey}:`);
  NpmDepTreeAnalyzer.printDependencyTree(analysis.dependencyTree);
}

API Reference

NpmDepTreeAnalyzer

The main class for analyzing npm package dependencies.

Constructor Options

interface NpmRegistryConfig {
  registry?: string;      // npm registry URL (default: 'https://registry.npmjs.org')
  timeout?: number;       // request timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000)
  headers?: Record<string, string>;  // custom headers for registry requests
}

Methods

  • analyze(packageName: string, version: string): Promise<AnalysisResult> Analyzes a single package and returns its dependency information.

  • analyze(packages: Array<{ name: string, version: string }>): Promise<MultiPackageAnalysisResult> Analyzes multiple packages and returns combined dependency information.

  • static printDependencyTree(node: DependencyNode): void Prints a hierarchical view of the dependency tree.

  • static printHoistedTree(tree: HoistedTree): void Prints a visualization of the hoisted dependency tree (similar to node_modules structure).

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run tests
npm test

# Type checking
npm run type-check

# Build
npm run build

License

Apache-2.0