@jsbits/get-package-version

Part of the JSBits suite.

Get the version of the package.json file found in the given directory or in one of its parents.

Install

For NodeJS and JS bundlers:

npm i @jsbits/get-package-version
# or
yarn add @jsbits/get-package-version

Targets

NodeJS v4.2 or later

`getPackageVersion([pkgPath])` ⇒ `string`

Returns the version of the first package.json file found in the given directory or in one of its parents.

If you don't provide a path, the search starts in the current one.
The provided path can be relative to the current working directory.
Packages with a missing or empty version property are ignored.

Param	Type	Default	Description
[pkgPath]	`string`	`"."`	Initial directory to search, defaults to `process.cwd()`.

Returns: string - The package version, or an empty string if it could not be found.

Since 1.0.0
Group: dev
Author/Maintainer: aMarCruz

Example

import getPackageVersion from '@jsbits/get-package-version'

const version = getPackageVersion() // ⇒ '1.0.0' (just as example)

Imports

All the JSBits functions works in strict mode and are compatible with:

ES5 browsers, through the jQuery $.jsbits object or the global jsbits.
ESM Bundlers, like webpack and Rollup.
ES modules for modern browsers or NodeJS with the --experimental-modules flag.
CommonJS modules of NodeJS, jspm, and others.
Babel and TypeScript, through ES Module Interop.

Please see the Distribution Formats in the JSBits README to know about all the variants.

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License

The MIT License.