Get metadata of a package from the npm registry

$ npm install --save package-json

const packageJson = require('package-json');

packageJson('ava').then(json => {
	console.log(json);
	//=> {name: 'ava', ...}
});

// Also works with scoped packages
packageJson('@sindresorhus/df').then(json => {
	console.log(json);
	//=> {name: '@sindresorhus/df', ...}
});

Type: string

Name of the package.

Type: Object

Type: string
Default: latest

Package version such as 1.0.0 or a dist tag such as latest.

The version can also be in any format supported by the semver module. For example:

• 1 - get the latest 1.x.x
• 1.2 - get the latest 1.2.x
• ^1.2.3 - get the latest 1.x.x but at least 1.2.3
• ~1.2.3 - get the latest 1.2.x but at least 1.2.3

Type: boolean
Default: false

By default, only an abbreviated metadata object is returned for performance reasons. Read more.

Type: boolean
Default: false

Return the main entry containing all versions.

Both public and private registries are supported, for both scoped and unscoped packages, as long as the registry uses either bearer tokens or basic authentication.

• package-json-cli - CLI for this module
• latest-version - Get the latest version of an npm package
• pkg-versions - Get the version numbers of a package from the npm registry
• npm-keyword - Get a list of npm packages with a certain keyword
• npm-user - Get user info of an npm user
• npm-email - Get the email of an npm user

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