npm-available

Check if a given module name is available on npm. Available as CLI and module API.

Installation

To use on the command line, install globally using:

npm install -g npm-available

To use programmatically, install locally:

npm install --save npm-available

CLI

After you've installed npm-available globally, just run:

$ npm-available my-awesome-module
Too late! my-awesome-module is taken :(

Usage

npm-available [options] [name]

Where name is the name of a module you whish to check.

Options:

  --help, -h     show this help
  --version, -v  show version
  --quiet, -q    don't output anything (check the exit code instead)

The command will exit with a non-zero exit code if the module name is already taken.

Programmatic Usage

var npmAvailable = require('npm-available')

npmAvailable('my-awesome-module', function (err, available) {
  if (err) throw err
  if (available) console.log('%s is available', name)
  else console.log('%s is already taken', name)
})

License

MIT