npm-version-compare

Compare npm CLI version string with another version string

const npmVersionCompare = require('npm-version-compare');
 
// When npm CLI v6.7.0 is installed
 
(async () => {
  await npmVersionCompare('6.6.0'); // 1
  await npmVersionCompare('6.7.0'); // 0
  await npmVersionCompare('6.8.0'); // -1
})();

Installation

Use npm.

npm install npm-version-compare

API

const npmVersionCompare = require('npm-version-compare');

npmVersionCompare(version)

version: string (SemVer version expression)
Return: Promise<integer> (-1, 0 or 1)

The resultant promise will be fulfilled with:

• -1 if a given version is greater than the version of currently installed npm
• 0 if a given version is the same value as the npm version
• 1 if the npm version is greater than a given version

Related project

• npm-cli-version — Get the currently installed npm version

License

ISC License © 2018 - 2019 Shinnosuke Watanabe