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Useful NPM Commands

List of helpful NPM commands and information

  • #javascript
  • #npm
  • #packages
  • Search package npm search <keyword>
  • List
npm list --depth 0 --json
npm list --depth 0 --parseable
npm list --depth 0 --dev
npm list --depth 0 --prod
  • Install globally
npm i -g <package>
  • Uninstall a package
npm uninstall <package>
npm un <package>
npm rm <package>
npm r <package>
  • Install with specific versions
npm i <package>@1
npm i <package>@1.3
npm i <package>@1.3.2
  • Install ranged versions
npm i <package>@">=1.1.0 <1.4.0"
  • Always install latest version
npm i <package>@"*"
npm i <package>@"x"
  • Update dependencies (Here)
npm update

npm update --save # update package.json deps version
  • Installing from Http
npm i https://www.website.com/pkg

npm i https://dropbox.com/abcdsf # dropbox
  • Installing from gist

The gist must have a package.json file to be installable.

npm i gist:<unique-hash>
  • Get outdated packages
npm outdated
  • Remove unused packages
npm prune
  • Convert to shrinkwrap
npm shrinkwrap
  • Get info for a package
npm info <package>
underscore@1.13.6 | MIT | deps: none | versions: 53
JavaScript's functional programming helper library.
https://underscorejs.org

keywords: util, functional, server, client, browser

dist
.tarball: https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/-/underscore-1.13.6.tgz
.shasum: 04786a1f589dc6c09f761fc5f45b89e935136441
.integrity: sha512-+A5Sja4HP1M08MaXya7p5LvjuM7K6q/2EaC0+iovj/wOcMsTzMvDFbasi/oSapiwOlt252IqsKqPjCl7huKS0A==
.unpackedSize: 903.3 kB

maintainers:
- jashkenas <jashkenas@gmail.com>
- jgonggrijp <dev@juliangonggrijp.com>

dist-tags:
latest: 1.13.6  stable: 1.13.4

published a year ago by jgonggrijp <dev@juliangonggrijp.com>
  • Add tag
git tag 1.0.2 (after push & publish)
git push --tags (push all tags)
git push origin tag 1.0.2 (push single tag)
  • Updating semver
npm version minor
npm version major
npm version patch
  • Login
npm login
  • Publish for scoped project
npm publish --access=public
  • Testing Npm Package Locally
├─ packages
│  ├─ my-pkg
│  │  ├─ index.js
│  │  └─ package.json
├─ test-project
│  ├─ index.js
│  └─ package.json (run npm link in this project)
npm link <my-pkg>

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