pluginclerk

A clerk for retrieving compatible plugins from the npm database

Usage

Complete API Documentation.

import PluginClerk from 'pluginclerk'

// Create the new clerk instance with our configuration
const clerk = new PluginClerk({
    // Required: The keyword that must be specified inside the plugin's package.json:keywords property
    keyword: 'docpad-plugin',

    // Optional: A prefix that the name of the plugin must be prefixed by to be valid
    // Defaults to nothing
    prefix: 'docpad-plugin-',

    // Optional: A function used for logging receives the arguments (logLevel, ...message)
    // Defaults to nothing
    log: console.log,

    // Optional: The amount of milliseconds until we have to query the npm database again
    // Defaults to one day
    cacheDuration: null,

    // Optional: The registry hostname we should use for the API calls
    // Defaults to "https://registry.npmjs.org"
    registryHostname: null,
})

// Fetch the latest version of a particular plugin
// Note the `installPeers` result,
// as `docpad-plugin-eco` has the peerDependency `docpad`,
// and no dependencies where supplied, it should be installed
clerk
    .fetchPlugin({ name: 'docpad-plugin-eco' })
    .then(console.log)
    .catch(console.error)

/* {
    success: true,
    message: 'Successfully fetched the latest and compatible version of the plugin docpad-plugin-eco',
    skippedVersions: {},
    latestVersion: '2.1.0',
    installVersion: '2.1.0',
    installPeers: [ 'docpad' ]
} */

// Fetch the latest version of a particular plugin that is compatible with the specified dependencies
// Note the `installPeers` result,
// as `docpad-plugin-eco` has the peerDependency `docpad`,
// and we supplied it, there is no need to install it
clerk
    .fetchPlugin({
        name: 'docpad-plugin-eco',
        requirements: { docpad: '6.78.0' },
    })
    .then(console.log)
    .catch(console.error)

/* {
    success: true,
    message: 'Successfully fetched the latest and compatible version of the plugin docpad-plugin-eco',
    skippedVersions: {},
    latestVersion: '2.1.0',
    installVersion: '2.1.0',
    installPeers: [ ]
} */

// Fetch the latest version of a particular plugin that is compatible with the specified dependencies
// Note the `installVersion` and `skippedVersions` results,
// a few plugin versions where skipped because they required a `docpad` version range that our supplied `docpad` version didn't fulfill
// Note the `installPeers` result,
// as `docpad-plugin-eco` has the peerDependency `docpad`, and we supplied it, there is no need to install it
clerk
    .fetchPlugin({
        name: 'docpad-plugin-eco',
        requirements: { docpad: '5.0.0' },
    })
    .then(console.log)
    .catch(console.error)

/* ] {
    success: true,
    message: 'Successfully fetched an older and compatible version of the plugin docpad-plugin-eco',
    skippedVersions: {
         '2.1.0': { docpad: '^6.59.0' }
         '2.0.0': { docpad: '^6.53.0' }
    },
    latestVersion: '2.1.0',
    installVersion: '1.0.0',
    installPeers: [] }
} */

// You can also fetch all plugins with some basic information
clerk.fetchPlugins({}).then(console.log).catch(console.error)

/* {
    success: true,
    message: 'Successfully fetched the plugins',
    plugins: {
         'docpad-plugin-eco': {
              'description': '...',
              'homepage': '...',
              'version': '2.1.0'
         }
    }
} */

// You can also fetch all plugins with their compatibility information
clerk
    .fetchPlugins({ requirements: { docpad: '5.0.0' } })
    .then(console.log)
    .catch(console.error)

/* {
    success: true,
    message: 'Successfully fetched the plugins',
    plugins: {
         'docpad-plugin-eco': {
              'description': '...',
              'homepage': '...',
              'version': '1.0.0',
              'compatibility': {}  // result of fetchPlugin
         }
    }
} */

Install

npm

• Install: npm install --save pluginclerk
• Import: import pkg from ('pluginclerk')
• Require: const pkg = require('pluginclerk').default

Deno

import pkg from 'https://unpkg.com/pluginclerk@^6.5.0/edition-deno/index.ts'

Editions

This package is published with the following editions:

• pluginclerk/source/index.ts is TypeScript source code with Import for modules
• pluginclerk aliases pluginclerk/edition-es2022/index.js
• pluginclerk/edition-es2022/index.js is TypeScript compiled against ES2022 for Node.js 18 || 20 || 21 with Require for modules
• pluginclerk/edition-es2022-esm/index.js is TypeScript compiled against ES2022 for Node.js 18 || 20 || 21 with Import for modules
• pluginclerk/edition-types/index.d.ts is TypeScript compiled Types with Import for modules
• pluginclerk/edition-deno/index.ts is TypeScript source code made to be compatible with Deno

History

Discover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.

Backers

Code

Discover how to contribute via the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Authors

• 2015+ Benjamin Lupton — Accelerating collaborative wisdom.

Maintainers

• Benjamin Lupton — Accelerating collaborative wisdom.

Contributors

• Benjamin Lupton — view contributions

Finances

Sponsors

• Andrew Nesbitt — Software engineer and researcher
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Donors

• Andrew Nesbitt
• Armen Mkrtchian
• Balsa
• Chad
• Codecov
• dr.dimitru
• Elliott Ditman
• entroniq
• GitHub
• Hunter Beast
• Jean-Luc Geering
• Michael Duane Mooring
• Michael Harry Scepaniak
• Mohammed Shah
• Mr. Henry
• Nermal
• Pleo
• Poonacha Medappa
• Rob Morris
• Robert de Forest
• Sentry
• ServieJS
• Skunk Team
• Syntax
• WriterJohnBuck

License

Unless stated otherwise all works are:

• Copyright © 2015+ Benjamin Lupton

and licensed under:

• Artistic License 2.0