npmview

A simple wrapper to programmatically use NPM to view a module's information.

Installation

npm install npmview

Example Usage

var npmview = require('npmview');
npmview('is2', function(err, version, moduleInfo) {
    if (err) {
        console.error(err);
        return;
    }

    console.log('Version:',version);
    console.log('Module description:', moduleInfo.description);
    console.log('Module versions:', moduleInfo.versions);
});

The above results in the following output:

Version: 0.0.11
Module description: A type checking library where each exported function returns either true or false and does not throw. Also added tests.
Module versions: [ '0.0.1',
'0.0.2',
'0.0.3',
'0.0.4',
'0.0.5',
'0.0.6',
'0.0.7',
'0.0.8',
'0.0.9',
'0.0.10',
'0.0.11' ]

API

npmview(moduleName, cb)

Programmatically use npm's view command to get information on a module.

• String moduleName The module name for which you want the view information.
• Function cb The callback function, which has the following signature: cb(err, version, info)
  • Error err A Node.js error object, if defined, there was an error.
  • String version The current version of the module.
  • Object info The information on the module.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Edmond Meinfelder

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.