https://github.com/kesla/download-npm-package

Download a module from the npm registry.
https://github.com/kesla/download-npm-package

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Download a module from the npm registry.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kesla/download-npm-package
• Owner: kesla
• License: other
• Created: 2016-07-02T16:15:12.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-09-01T06:27:15.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-09T21:26:56.976Z (5 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 419 KB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 9
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license

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# download-npm-package

Download a module from the npm registry.

## Installation

```shell

npm [-g] install download-npm-package

```

## Features

* Library to download packages

* CLI to download packages

* Will use registry (and auth) defined in your `.npmrc` file

* Supports scoped packages

## Usage

### node

*downloadNpmPackage* takes an package arg & a path as arguments and returns a promise, a promise that resolves once the package has been downloaded to the folder set in path.

```js

import downloadNpmPackage from 'download-npm-package';

downloadNpmPackage({

  arg: 'modulname@version' // for example, npm@2 or @mic/version@latest etc

  dir: '/tmp' // package will be downlodaded to ${dir}/packageName

}).then()

```

### cli

There's also a cli available!

```shell

download-npm-package $packageArg [$path]

```