@prantlf/npm-remote-ls

Examine a package's dependency graph before you install it.

This is a fork of the original project (npm/npm-remote-ls) with the following enhancements:

• Export an ES module for modern projects
• Expose TypeScript types for TypeScript projects
• Return results by a callback or by a promise
• Let the errors from package loading be inspected
• Depend on recent NPM packlages without security issues
• Add option to show licence information (by Michael Hutcherson)
• Show complete flattened list (by Roberto Aceves)
• Add caching for network requests (by Jonathan Fielding)
• Support scoped NPM packages (by Tommaso Allevi)
• Prevent optional dependencies from being mixed into mandatory depednencies (by Daniel Lobato Garcia)

Installation

npm install @prantlf/npm-remote-ls -g

Usage

Listing Package Dependencies

npm-remote-ls sha@1.2.4

└─ sha@1.2.4
   ├─ readable-stream@1.0.27-1
   │  ├─ isarray@0.0.1
   │  ├─ string_decoder@0.10.25
   │  ├─ inherits@2.0.1
   │  └─ core-util-is@1.0.1
   └─ graceful-fs@3.0.2

Help!

There are various command line flags you can toggle for npm-remote-ls, for details run:

npm-remote-ls --help

Examine a package's dependency graph before you install it.

Usage: npm-remote-ls [options] <name> [<version>]

Parameters:
  name     package name    (mandatory)
  version  package version (default: "latest")

Options:
  -r, --registry     set an alternative registry url (default: as configured)
  -d, --development  show development dependencies   (default: true)
  -o, --optional     show optional dependencies      (default: true)
  -p, --peer         show peer dependencies          (default: false)
  -l, --license      show license information        (default: false)
  -f, --flatten      print flat list of dependencies (default: false)
  -j, --json         print dependencies as JSON      (default: false)
  -e, --verbose      enable verbose logging          (default: false)
  -i, --silent       suppress all logging            (default: false)
  -s, --strict       use non-zero exit code if fails (default: false)
  -V, --version      print version number
  -h, --help         print usage instructions

Examples:
  npm-remote-ls grunt
  npm-remote-ls grunt 0.1.0
  npm-remote-ls grunt@0.1.0
  npm-remote-ls -f grunt 0.1.0
  npm-remote-ls grunt -DOfjis

API

Return dependency graph for latest version (with await):

import { ls } from '@prantlf/npm-remote-ls'

const { packages } = await ls('grunt')
console.log(packages)

Return dependency graph for specific version (with promise):

const { ls } = require('@prantlf/npm-remote-ls')

ls('grunt', '0.1.0').then(packages => console.log(packages))

Return a flattened list of dependencies (with callback):

const { ls } = require('@prantlf/npm-remote-ls')

ls('grunt', '0.1.0', true, function (packages) {
  console.log(packages)
})

Check errors with a promise:

import { ls } from '@prantlf/npm-remote-ls'

const { packages, errors } = await ls('grunt', '10.0.0', true)
console.log(packages)  // Array of packages may not be complete
console.log(errors)    // Array of Error instances

Check errors with a callback:

const { ls } = require('@prantlf/npm-remote-ls')

ls('grunt', '10.0.0', true, (packages, errors) => {
  console.log(packages)  // Array of packages may not be complete
  console.log(errors)    // Array of Error instances
})

Configure to only return production dependencies:

const { config, ls } = require('@prantlf/npm-remote-ls')

config({
  development: false,
  optional: false
})

ls('yargs', 'latest', true, function (packages) {
  console.log(packages)
})

Configure to return peer dependencies:

const { config, ls } = require('@prantlf/npm-remote-ls')

config({
  peer: true
})

ls('grunt-contrib-coffee', 'latest', true, function (packages) {
  console.log(packages)
})

Configuration options:

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Lint and test your code.

License

Copyright (c) 2014, npm, Inc. and Contributors
Copyright (c) 2022, Ferdinand Prantl

Licensed under the ISC license.