about-package

A lightweight package that retrieve the information of a npm package

Installation

npm install --save about-package

Usage

var aboutPackage = require('about-package');
 
aboutPackage('express', function(err, info) {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
  else console.log(info);
});

Output

Attribute	Type	Description
name	string	Package name
version	string	Latest version of that npm package
description	string	Description of that npm package
license	string	Type of license of that npm package
downloads	object	This attribute contains number of download counts on last day, last week and last month
github	object	This attribute contains github information of that npm package. e.g: stars, forks, open issues, watchers, last updated and created

Sample Output

{ 
  name: 'express',
  version: '4.16.2',
  description: 'Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework',
  license: 'MIT',
  downloads: {
    lastDay: 726729,
    lastWeek: 4254539,
    lastMonth: 4254539
  },
  github: {
    stars: 36286,
    forks: 6541,
    openIssues: 166,
    watchers: 36286,
    lastUpdated: '2018-01-26T13:00:10Z',
    created: '2009-06-26T18:56:01Z' 
  }
}

License

MIT Licensed. Copyright (c) Farhad Yasir 2018.