npm-list-package-dependents

Package Dependents

List a package's dependents.

Installation

$ npm install npm-list-package-dependents

Usage

var list = require( 'npm-list-package-dependents' );

list( options, clbk )

List a package's dependents.

list( {'package': '<package>'}, clbk );
 
function clbk( error, list ) {
    if ( error ) {
        throw error;
    }
    console.log( list );
    // returns ['<pkg1>','<pkg2>',...]
}

The function accepts the following options:

• package: package name (required).
• registry: registry. Default: 'registry.npmjs.org'.
• port: registry port. Default: 443 (HTTPS) or 80 (HTTP).
• protocol: registry protocol. Default: 'https'.

To query an alternative registry, set the relevant options.

var opts = {
    'package': '<package>',
    'registry': 'my.favorite.npm/registry',
    'port': 8080,
    'protocol': 'http'
};
 
list( opts, clbk );

list.factory( options, clbk )

Creates a reusable function.

var get = list.factory( {'package': '<package>'}, clbk );
 
get();
get();
get();
// ...

The factory method accepts the same options as list().

Notes

• When querying the main registry, the function only returns non-scoped public packages (see NPM issue #8244).

Examples

var list = require( 'npm-list-package-dependents' );
var counts = require( 'npm-package-download-counts' );
 
// Get the download counts for all dependent packages...
var opts = {
    'package': 'dstructs-matrix'
};
 
list( opts, onList );
 
function onList( error, list ) {
    var opts;
    if ( error ) {
        throw error;
    }
    opts = {
        'packages': list
    };
    counts( opts, onCounts );
}
 
function onCounts( error, counts ) {
    if ( error ) {
        throw error;
    }
    console.dir( counts );
}

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ DEBUG=* node ./examples/index.js

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CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

$ npm install -g npm-list-package-dependents

Usage

Usage: deppkgs [options] package
 
Options:
 
  -h,  --help                Print this message.
  -V,  --version             Print the package version.
  -p,  --port port           Registry port. Default: 443 (HTTPS) or 80 (HTTP).
       --registry registry   Registry. Default: 'registry.npmjs.org'.
       --protocol protocol   Registry protocol. Default: 'http'.

Notes

• The package list is written to stdout as a newline-delimited string.

Examples

$ DEBUG=* deppkgs dstructs-matrix
# compute-abs
# compute-digamma
# compute-erf
# ...

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Tests

Unit

This repository uses tape for unit tests. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

Browser Support

This repository uses Testling for browser testing. To run the tests in a (headless) local web browser, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-browsers

To view the tests in a local web browser,

$ make view-browser-tests

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License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2016. Athan Reines.