📦 NPM Packages & Download Statistics Scraper

Extract official NPM package registry details, monthly and weekly download metrics, version history, author info, dependencies, and license classifications in bulk.

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🥊 Why This Actor Beats the Competition

Feature	📦 This NPM Scraper	🐢 Web Scraping Tools	🐌 npm view CLI
Speed	200+ packages / min (Direct JSON)	5–10 pages / min (Puppeteer)	1 at a time in terminal
Pricing	$1.00 / 1,000 packages (PPR)	High hourly compute bills	High local engineering time
Downloads Included	Yes (Weekly/Monthly metrics)	No (usually missed)	No (requires separate API)
Platform Usage	FREE (Zero compute charges)	Heavy billable RAM	Local resources
Reliability	100% (Official registry endpoints)	Breaks on HTML redesigns	Manual script maintenance

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🛠️ Step-by-Step: How to Use

Method 1: Apify Console (No-Code UI)

1. Open the actor in the Apify Console.
2. Enter target package names in NPM Package Names (e.g. express, lodash, axios, react).
3. Select Download Stats Period (e.g. last-month, last-week).
4. Click Start to run and export the data to JSON or CSV.

Method 2: Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run_input = {
    "packages": ["express", "axios", "next"],
    "period": "last-month"
}
run = client.actor("litezero/npm-packages-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["name"], item["latestVersion"], "Downloads:", item["downloads"])

Method 3: Node.js SDK

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('litezero/npm-packages-scraper').call({
    packages: ['express', 'axios', 'next'],
    period: 'last-month',
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
packages	Array of strings	["express", "lodash", "axios"]	NPM package names to inspect.
period	String	"last-month"	Time range (last-day, last-week, last-month, last-year).

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📤 Output Data Dictionary & Sample

{
  "name": "express",
  "latestVersion": "5.2.1",
  "description": "Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework",
  "license": "MIT",
  "homepage": "http://expressjs.com/",
  "repository": "git+https://github.com/expressjs/express.git",
  "downloads": 165798136,
  "downloadPeriod": "last-month",
  "dependenciesCount": 28,
  "devDependenciesCount": 35,
  "totalVersions": 268,
  "npmUrl": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/express",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-04T05:35:00.000Z"
}

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💡 Top Use Cases

1. Ecosystem & Market Share Benchmarking: Compare download momentum across competing libraries (e.g. Next.js vs Remix, Vite vs Webpack).
2. Security & Package Maintenance Audits: Monitor package license compatibility and track author ownership changes across software supply chains.
3. Developer Marketing Intelligence: Identify fast-growing open source tools and tech stack dependencies for DevTool product teams.