https://github.com/doowb/module-dependents
Get the list of npm modules that depend on the specified npm module.
https://github.com/doowb/module-dependents
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Get the list of npm modules that depend on the specified npm module.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/doowb/module-dependents
- Owner: doowb
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-03-24T00:20:12.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-12-27T20:14:12.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-30T06:39:59.389Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: api, dependencies, dependents, javascript, modules, nodejs, npm, npm-api, package, registry, streaming, streams
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://github.com/doowb
- Size: 18.6 KB
- Stars: 15
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# module-dependents [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/module-dependents) [](https://npmjs.org/package/module-dependents) [](https://npmjs.org/package/module-dependents) [](https://travis-ci.org/doowb/module-dependents) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/doowb/module-dependents)
> Get the list of npm modules that depend on any other npm module.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save module-dependents
```
Install with [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com):
```sh
$ yarn add module-dependents
```
## Usage
```js
var moduleDependents = require('module-dependents');
```
## API
### [moduleDependents](index.js#L31)
Get the list of npm modules that depend on any other npm module.
**Params**
* `name` **{String}**: Name of module to retrieve dependents for.
* `options` **{Object}**: Options to pass along to [npm-api-dependents](https://github.com/doowb/npm-api-dependents)
* `options.raw` **{Function}**: Optionally specify to get a raw object with a `name` property for each dependent.
* `returns` **{Stream}**: Returns an object stream with each object being an instance of `Repo` from the [npm-api](https://github.com/doowb/npm-api) module.
**Example**
```js
// returns a stream
moduleDependents('micromatch')
.on('data', function(dependent) {
console.log(dependent.name);
});
```
## About
### Related projects
* [npm-api-dependents](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-api-dependents): npm-api plugin for getting module dependents. | [homepage](https://github.com/doowb/npm-api-dependents "npm-api plugin for getting module dependents.")
* [npm-api](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-api): Base class for retrieving data from the npm registry. | [homepage](https://github.com/doowb/npm-api "Base class for retrieving data from the npm registry.")
### Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
### Building docs
_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```
### Running tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
### Author
**Brian Woodward**
* [github/doowb](https://github.com/doowb)
* [twitter/doowb](https://twitter.com/doowb)
### License
Copyright © 2017, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on December 27, 2017._