validate /ˈvalɪdeɪt/

This package can be used to validate if all defined engine versions in the package.json file are matched.

There are different ways to use this package.

You can use this package by adding the following entry to your package.json and force npm or yarn to ensure that all engine requirements are matched before it starts installing your dependencies. There's no need to add this package to your dependencies.

{
    "scripts": {
        "preinstall": "npx valideit"
    }  
}

It is also possible to use this package as dependency in your project and use its functionality inside your code like the following example is showing.

const valideit = require('valideit');

valideit.validate();

By installing this package globally it is possible use it as cli tool as described in the following example.

$ npm install -g valideit 
$ valideit

The following arguments can be passed via CLI or also to the preinstall hook.

  --path, -p     file to check engines from                             [string]
  --warn, -w     doesn't abort on error                                [boolean]

You can also pass those arguments as a Javascript object to the function call.

const valideit = require('valideit');

valideit.validate({
  level: 'warn',
  path: '/path/to/package.json'
});

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