Examine a package's dependency graph before you install it
npm install npm-remote-ls



Examine a package's dependency graph before you install it.
``bash`
npm install npm-remote-ls -g
`
npm-remote-ls sha@1.2.4
└─ sha@1.2.4
├─ readable-stream@1.0.27-1
│ ├─ isarray@0.0.1
│ ├─ string_decoder@0.10.25
│ ├─ inherits@2.0.1
│ └─ core-util-is@1.0.1
└─ graceful-fs@3.0.2
`
There are various command line flags you can toggle for npm-remote-ls, for
details run:
`bash`
npm-remote-ls --help
Return dependency graph for latest version:
`javascript
var ls = require('npm-remote-ls').ls;
ls('grunt', 'latest', function(obj) {
console.log(obj);
});
`
Return dependency graph for specific version:
`javascript
var ls = require('npm-remote-ls').ls;
ls('grunt', '0.1.0', function(obj) {
console.log(obj);
});
`
Return a flattened list of dependencies:
`javascript
var ls = require('npm-remote-ls').ls;
ls('grunt', '0.1.0', true, function(obj) {
console.log(obj);
});
`
Configure to only return production dependencies:
`javascript
var ls = require('npm-remote-ls').ls
var config = require('npm-remote-ls').config
config({
development: false,
optional: false
})
ls('yargs', 'latest', true, function (obj) {
console.log(obj)
})
``
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