# npm Package Data — Metadata & Download Stats (`omao/npm-package`) Actor Get npm package data: latest version, description, license, repository, author, keywords, dependency count, publish dates and download counts. Powered by the official npm registry. No API key, no anti-bot. - **URL**: https://apify.com/omao/npm-package.md - **Developed by:** [Marouane Oulabass](https://apify.com/omao) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.44 / 1,000 packages This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. 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 Data — Registry Info & Download Stats to JSON **Get clean data for any npm package — as JSON.** Pass package names and get back a tidy row per package: latest version, description, license, repository, author, keywords, dependency count, publish dates and download counts. Powered by the official npm registry — no API key, no anti-bot. > AI-agent ready: this Actor is callable and payable by AI agents via [x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402) (USDC on Base), no Apify account required. Skip scraping npmjs.com — pull structured package data for dashboards, research and supply-chain analysis in one run. ### Who uses this - 🧑‍💻 **Developers & OSS maintainers** — inventory and compare packages. - 📊 **Analysts & researchers** — study download trends, licenses and dependencies at scale. - 🔐 **Security & supply-chain teams** — audit dependencies, licenses and maintainers. - 🤖 **Data & AI pipelines** — feed clean package metadata into your tooling. - 📈 **DevRel & competitive intel** — track a package's popularity over time. ### What you get — one clean row per package | Field | Description | |---|---| | `name` + `latestVersion` | Package & current version | | `description` | Package description | | `license` | License (e.g. MIT) | | `repository` + `homepage` | Source & site links | | `author` + `maintainersCount` | Author & maintainers | | `keywords` | Package keywords | | `dependenciesCount` + `dependencies` | Dependencies | | `versionsCount` | Number of published versions | | `created` + `lastPublish` | First & last publish dates | | `downloads` + `downloadsPeriodLabel` | Download counts (optional period) | | `npmUrl` | Link to the npm page | ### Example **Input** ```json { "packages": ["react", "express", "lodash"], "downloadsPeriod": "last-month" } ```` **Output (one item)** ```json { "name": "react", "latestVersion": "19.1.0", "description": "React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.", "license": "MIT", "author": "Meta", "dependenciesCount": 1, "versionsCount": 2200, "lastPublish": "2026-06-20T12:00:00Z", "downloads": 24500000, "downloadsPeriodLabel": "last-month", "npmUrl": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/react" } ``` ### Why this actor - ✅ **Official source** — the npm registry, always current. - 📦 **Rich metadata** — version, license, deps, maintainers, dates. - 📈 **Optional download stats** — add a period to fetch download counts. - ⚡ **Fast & affordable** — pay only per package returned. No key, no anti-bot. - 🧹 **Clean output** — normalized JSON, ready for Sheets/Excel/your database. ### Input options - `packages` *(required)* — npm package names. - `downloadsPeriod` — optional download window (e.g. `last-week`, `last-month`). ### FAQ **Do I get download counts?** Optionally — set `downloadsPeriod` to include them (adds a call per package). **Which data is included?** Version, description, license, repository, author, keywords, dependency and version counts, and publish dates. **How fresh is the data?** Live from the npm registry on every run. **Can I query many packages at once?** Yes — pass a list; every row carries its own package name. **Can I export to CSV/Excel/Google Sheets?** Yes — the dataset exports to JSON, CSV, Excel and HTML, or pull it via the API. **What does it cost?** Pay-per-package — you're only charged for packages actually returned. *** *Tip: track your dependencies weekly and diff `latestVersion`/`downloads` to monitor updates and momentum.* # Actor input Schema ## `packages` (type: `array`): npm package names to fetch (scoped names like @scope/name are supported). ## `downloadsPeriod` (type: `string`): Download-count period to include. ## `healthCheckMode` (type: `boolean`): Internal monitoring: fetch a canary package and FAIL if broken (no billing). ## Actor input object example ```json { "packages": [ "react", "@apify/storage-local" ], "downloadsPeriod": "last-month", "healthCheckMode": false } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `packages` (type: `string`): All packages with version, license, dependencies, dates and downloads. # 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 = { "packages": [ "express" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("omao/npm-package").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 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); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → 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 = { "packages": ["express"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("omao/npm-package").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "packages": [ "express" ] }' | apify call omao/npm-package --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=omao/npm-package", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "npm Package Data — Metadata & Download Stats", "description": "Get npm package data: latest version, description, license, repository, author, keywords, dependency count, publish dates and download counts. Powered by the official npm registry. No API key, no anti-bot.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "VEXlt1UnBtyrk70rs" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/omao~npm-package/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-omao-npm-package", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/omao~npm-package/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-omao-npm-package", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/omao~npm-package/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-omao-npm-package", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "packages" ], "properties": { "packages": { "title": "Packages", "type": "array", "description": "npm package names to fetch (scoped names like @scope/name are supported).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "downloadsPeriod": { "title": "Downloads period", "enum": [ "last-day", "last-week", "last-month", "last-year" ], "type": "string", "description": "Download-count period to include.", "default": "last-month" }, "healthCheckMode": { "title": "Health-check mode", "type": "boolean", "description": "Internal monitoring: fetch a canary package and FAIL if broken (no billing).", "default": false } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```