The simplest way is to grab the package metadata from the registry with this URL:
http://registry.npmjs.org/<package>/latest That will get you a JSON version of the same object you see with 'npm view <package>', at which point you can just pluck out the 'dependencies' object. -- Martin Cooper On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Gregg Caines <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, does anyone know if npm has an API (or couchdb view) for getting > the list (or just the count) of dependent packages of a given package ? I > suspect it does since npmjs.org has the info. > > I know there's an npm mailing list, but it mysteriously won't let me > post. Thanks! > > G > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
