Gets the package.json for one or more names from the npm registry and caches the results for a specified period of time. Default cache period is one week.
Install with npm:
$ npm install pkg-cache --save
var pkgCache = require('pkg-cache');
Get the package.json for one or more names. Results are cached for 1 week by default.
Params
names {String|Array}: package namesoptions {Object}callback {Function}returns {Array}: Returns an array of package.json objects.Example
// results are cached for 1 week by default
pkgCache(['micromatch', 'base'], function(err, pkgs) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(pkgs);
});
// customize the cache "max age"
pkgCache(['micromatch', 'base'], {timespan: '1 week ago'}, function(err, pkgs) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(pkgs);
});
// or
pkgCache(['micromatch', 'base'], {maxAge: '0 sec'}, function(err, pkgs) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(pkgs);
});
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