npm Search API
Full-text search across the npm registry with weighted scoring.
npm Search API is one of 10 APIs that npm publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://registry.npmjs.org.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
npm Search API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
bearerAuth— npm access token provided as a Bearer token.
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Full-text search across the npm registry with weighted scoring.
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Person (3 properties), SearchResultItem (3 properties), SearchResults (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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