Retrieve npm download stats for the specified repository or maintainer.
npm install downloads> Retrieve npm download stats for the specified repository or maintainer.
Install with npm:
``sh`
$ npm install --save downloads
`js`
var downloads = require('downloads');
Retieve the download stats for the specified repository. The results are an array of download object that contain the day and downloads count for that day: [{day: '2016-11-12', downloads: 12345}]. This method will also emit a repo event on the downloads object when the downloads are available.
Example
`js`
downloads.repo('micromatch', function(err, results) {
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(results);
});
//=> [
//=> { day: '2016-11-12', downloads: 94699 },
//=> { day: '2016-11-11', downloads: 264382 },
//=> { day: '2016-11-10', downloads: 309356 },
//=> { day: '2016-11-09', downloads: 290557 },
//=> { day: '2016-11-08', downloads: 316004 },
//=> ...
//=> ]
Params
* name {String}: Name of the repository to get download counts for.options
* {Object}: Additional options.cb
* {Function}: Optional callback function to get the results. If not provided, a promise is returned.returns
* {Promise}: If no callback function is provided, a promise is returned that will yield the results array.
Events
* emits: repo Emits repo event when downloads are available. Emits the repo name and download count array.
Retrieve the download stats for all of the repositories maintained by the specified maintainer. The results are an object where the key is the repository name and the value is an array of download counts. This is the same array returned by the repo method. This method will also emit a repos event when the repos have been retrieved for the maintainer and a maintainer event when all of the downloads have been retrieved and the final results object is available.
Example
`js`
downloads.maintainer('doowb', function(err, results) {
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(results);
});
//=> {
//=> "add-collaborator": [...],
//=> "accountdown-token": [...],
//=> "add-banner": [...],
//=> "align-text": [...],
//=> "JSONStream": [...],
//=> "anchors": [...],
//=> "announcement": [...],
//=> ...
//=> }
Params
* name {String}: Name of the maintainer to retrieve download counts for.options
* {Object}: Additional options to control how the downloads are gathered.options.limit
* {Number}: Specify how many repositories can be processed concurrently. Defaults to 1.cb
* {Function}: Optional callback function to get the results. If not provied, a promise is returned.returns
* {Promise}: If no callback function is provied, a promise is returned that with yield the results object.
Events
* emits: repos Emits repos event when the maintainers repositories have been retrieved. Emits the maintainer name and the repository array.emits
* : repo Emits repo event for each repository after the repository's download counts are available.emits
* : maintainer Emits maintainer event when all of the download counts for all of the maintainer's repositories are available.
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