npm Registry API
The npm Registry API provides programmatic access to the npm package registry, the largest software registry in the world hosting over two million JavaScript packages. Developers can query package metadata, download tarballs, search for packages, and retrieve version-specific information. The API follows CouchDB-based conventions and serves package manifests in JSON format, enabling tools and services to integrate with the npm ecosystem for dependency resolution, package discovery, and automated workflows.
npm Registry API is one of 10 APIs that npm publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include Packages, JavaScript, Registry, Package Management, and Node.js. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. 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 Registry 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.
Registry metadata and status information.
Schemas 1
The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is RegistryMetadata (11 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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