Fetch a package's description from NPM.

Uses cross-fetch-json to support usage in both brower and node.

Installation

yarn add npm-description

npm install npm-description

API

Usage

import { getDescription, getDescriptions } from "npm-description";

getDescription("chalk").then((result) => {
  console.log(result); // "Terminal string styling done right"
});

getDescriptions(["chalk", "commander"]).then((result) => {
  console.log(result.chalk); // "Terminal string styling done right"
  console.log(result.commander); // "the complete solution for node.js command-line programs"
});

Types

import { getDescription, getDescriptions, Descriptions } from "npm-description";

function getDescription(name: string): Promise<string | undefined>;

function getDescriptions(names: string[]): Promise<Descriptions>;

export type Descriptions = {
  [name: string]: string | undefined;
};

• cross-fetch-json: Universal fetch API that only returns JSON

• @bconnorwhite/bob: Bob is a toolkit for TypeScript projects
• jest: Delightful JavaScript Testing.

MIT

Related Packages:

• all-package-names: Get all NPM package names.
• npms-io-client: A universal typed npms.io client
• is-name-taken: Check if an NPM package name is taken