# 📦 npm Scraper — Packages, Dependencies & Downloads

**Use case:** 

No-code, cheap npm API. Scrape npm package data: version, description, keywords, license, author, maintainers, dependencies, downloads — cheapest per item.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "web scraping"
  ],
  "packages": [
    "cheerio",
    "playwright"
  ],
  "maxPerQuery": 50,
  "includeDownloads": true,
  "downloadsPeriod": "last-month",
  "includeMetadata": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "version": {
    "label": "Version",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "keywords": {
    "label": "Keywords",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "license": {
    "label": "License",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "maintainers": {
    "label": "Maintainers",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "homepage": {
    "label": "Homepage",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "repositoryUrl": {
    "label": "Repository Url",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "npmUrl": {
    "label": "Npm Url",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "dependenciesCount": {
    "label": "Dependencies Count",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "label": "Dependencies",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "unpackedSize": {
    "label": "Unpacked Size",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "fileCount": {
    "label": "File Count",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "latestPublishedAt": {
    "label": "Latest Published At",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "downloads": {
    "label": "Downloads",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "downloadsPeriod": {
    "label": "Downloads Period",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scoreQuality": {
    "label": "Score Quality",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scorePopularity": {
    "label": "Score Popularity",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scoreMaintenance": {
    "label": "Score Maintenance",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [npm Package Scraper — Search, Metadata & Downloads](https://apify.com/hipersoft/npm-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/hipersoft/npm-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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