npm-history

npm-history is responsible for requesting and storing NPM registry download counts in a local PostgreSQL repository. It is controlled by a minimal HTTP API.

API

• GET /packages/:name/downloads

  Retrieve another period's (180 days) worth of downloads for the package named ':name', and return all saved downloads as JSON. Response format:

  [
    {
      day: string; // formatted as 'YYYY-MM-DD'),
      downloads: number;
    },
    ...
  ]

• GET /packages/averages?start=<date>&end=<date>

  • end defaults to the current date.
  • start defaults to 60 days before the end date.

  Average the daily downloads for all packages with downloads during the given period, returning a single JSON object mapping package names to download counts. Response format:

  {[index: string]: number}

License

Copyright 2015 Christopher Brown. MIT Licensed.