# npm Package Scraper โ€“ Registry, Downloads & Scores (`ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper`) Actor Scrape npm registry packages by search query or name: version, license, keywords, repository, maintainers, weekly downloads and quality/popularity/maintenance scores. Free, no key, no proxy. Great for dependency, supply-chain and package research. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.40 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## npm Package Scraper โ€“ Downloads, Versions & Deps **Scrape npm packages: name, version, weekly downloads, license, repository, maintainers and quality scores. Search or by name. As JSON, CSV or Excel. Free registry, no key.** ### ๐Ÿ’ต Pricing **Pay per result โ€” $0.0004 per item.** No subscription, no proxy needed. You only pay for the data you scrape, and new Apify accounts include free monthly credits so you can test it for **$0**. ### ๐Ÿ”Ž What can it extract? - Name, latest version, description - **Weekly downloads** - License, homepage, repository - Maintainers, keywords, dates - Quality/popularity/maintenance scores ### ๐Ÿš€ How do I use it? 1. Click **Try for free**. 2. Set the input (see example below). 3. Click **Start** and download results as JSON, CSV or Excel โ€” or pull them via the API / schedule them. ### โš™๏ธ Input example ```json { "mode": "packages", "packageNames": [ "express", "react" ] } ```` ### ๐Ÿ“ฆ Output example ```json { "name": "express", "version": "5.2.1", "weekly_downloads": 109631397, "license": "MIT" } ``` ### ๐ŸŽฏ Use cases - Dependency & supply-chain research - Dev-tool trend tracking - Package monitoring - Building registries/dashboards ### ๐Ÿ’ฐ How much will it cost? You pay only the per-result price (no proxy cost): 100 โ†’ ~$0.04 ยท 1,000 โ†’ ~$0 ยท 10,000 โ†’ ~$4 ### ๐Ÿ†š Why this one | Feature | This actor | Others | |---|---|---| | Downloads + scores + repo | โœ… | partial | | Search + detail | โœ… | โŒ | | No key needed | โœ… | sometimes | ### ๐Ÿ”— Related actors - [Github Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/github-scraper) โ€” repos - [Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/hacker-news-scraper) โ€” tech - [Devto Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/devto-scraper) โ€” articles - [Pypi](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/pypi) โ€” packages ### โ“ FAQ **Key/proxy?** No. **Scoped pkgs?** Supported (@scope/name). ### ๐Ÿ›Ÿ Support Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the actor โ€” fixes and new fields ship fast. ### Legal & privacy Public data via the npm registry. *** **Keywords:** npm scraper, package data, downloads, dependencies, supply chain, JSON CSV Excel # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): search (query -> packages with scores, enriched with latest version/license/downloads) or packages (fetch full detail for specific package names). ## `query` (type: `string`): Search text for the npm registry (mode=search), e.g. 'web scraper', 'react hooks', 'csv parser'. ## `packageNames` (type: `array`): Exact npm package names to fetch in detail (mode=packages), including scoped names like '@scope/name'. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of packages to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "search", "query": "web scraper", "packageNames": [ "express", "react" ], "maxItems": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `packages` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "query": "web scraper", "packageNames": [ "express", "react" ], "maxItems": 100 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "query": "web scraper", "packageNames": [ "express", "react", ], "maxItems": 100, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "query": "web scraper", "packageNames": [ "express", "react" ], "maxItems": 100 }' | apify call ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "npm Package Scraper โ€“ Registry, Downloads & Scores", "description": "Scrape npm registry packages by search query or name: version, license, keywords, repository, maintainers, weekly downloads and quality/popularity/maintenance scores. Free, no key, no proxy. Great for dependency, supply-chain and package research.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "NTSgwSfppStTutu3n" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ninhothedev~npm-package-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ninhothedev-npm-package-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ninhothedev~npm-package-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ninhothedev-npm-package-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ninhothedev~npm-package-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ninhothedev-npm-package-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "search", "packages" ], "type": "string", "description": "search (query -> packages with scores, enriched with latest version/license/downloads) or packages (fetch full detail for specific package names).", "default": "search" }, "query": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Search text for the npm registry (mode=search), e.g. 'web scraper', 'react hooks', 'csv parser'." }, "packageNames": { "title": "Package names", "type": "array", "description": "Exact npm package names to fetch in detail (mode=packages), including scoped names like '@scope/name'.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of packages to return.", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```