Fetch tarballs from various registries and use them locally
npm install remote-tarball-fetcherremote-tarball-fetcher allows to fetch tarballs from registries such as npm and GitHub and manage them locally.
✅ npm registry
⚠️ GitHub registry (work in progress)
Fetching tarballs from the npm registry
``javascript
import { TarballManager, npmFetcher } from "remote-tarball-fetcher";
const manager = new TarballManager(npmFetcher);
`
Download latest versions available in the registry:
`javascript
// both tarballs will be stored in a local registry, default to os.tmpdir();
const location1 = await manager.downloadAndStore("lodash");
const location2 = await manager.downloadAndStore("@nodesecure/ci");
// won't be downloaded again as is automatically managed by a local cache
const sameAsLocation1 = await manager.downloadAndStore("lodash");
`
Or target specific versions using semantic versioning:
`javascript``
const location = await manager.downloadAndStore("skott@0.2.0");