npm-downloads-increaser

Running from the command line

Installing

Install npm-downloads-increaser globally using npm:

npm install -g npm-downloads-increaser

Running

Setup configuration and run:

npm-downloads-increaser

Once you specify your configuration, this will start spamming downloads for the provided package in the npmjs registry. This will increase the popularity score of the npm package.

NOTE: The npmJS Weekly Downloads are updated once every 24 hours, so results will not be instantly visible.

Configuration options

| Property | Description | Example | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | | packageName | NPM package to increase the downloads of | "npm-downloads-increaser" | | numDownloads | Number of times to download the package | 100000 | | maxConcurrentDownloads | Amount of downloads to run in parallel at once | 300 | | downloadTimeout | Max time (in ms) to wait for for a download to complete | 3000 |

NOTE: slower networks may perform better with a lower maxConcurrentDownloads and a higher downloadTimeout

Demo

Running in TypeScript

Installing

Install the project using:

git clone https://github.com/lachiejames/npm-downloads-increaser.git

Setting up your configuration

Open npm-downloads-increaser.config.js from the root directory, and populate the configuration options as shown in the table above.

Running locally

Installing dependencies:

yarn

Compiling to JavaScript:

yarn build

Running with Node:

yarn start

Running tests:

yarn test

More info

Check out this blog post that describes npm-downloads-increaser in further detail: https://lachiejames.com/faking-downloads-for-npm-packages/