Search the some package in npm

[romanrostislavovich]

Need to find meta-information about some package in npm and return it in JSON Object format.

Return object must be correspond to package.json schema

The implementation should take into account:

• search meta-information on another package managers (new package manager will be added later)

For input methods can get:

• origin name of package
• manager name
• version (optional): all by default

[xferra]

I will say you need a function:

search(name: string, version: string[] = null): [{package, deps}]

That will return an array of objects and each of them will contain package and dependency definitions for specific package version. If concrete version was not provided, then all versions should be returned. This function should be implemented for several package managers (TBD: npm, nuget, etc.)

[xferra]

Anyway I suggest to split this task, for example perform search request and mapping to schemas could be implemented in separate PRs.

[romanrostislavovich]

Schemas for outputs:

• package.json
• deps.json

In feature we support following package managers:

• npm
• chocolatey
• composer
• nuget
• gem
• pip

e.t.c.

If have any idea about new methods, please describe it :)

[xferra]

@svoboda-rabstvo Please use a separate issue for proposals.

[romanrostislavovich]

@xferra I think we can close this issue?

[xferra]

As soon as issues for package managers listed above are created.

[romanrostislavovich]

@xferra Now we supported: gem, composer, pip and npm, and we have issue for chocolatey and nuget

[xferra]

Then just link corresponding issues to this one, please :)