# npm Package Scraper API - Versions & Dependencies (`pink_comic/npm-package-intelligence`) Actor

Build dependency and release intelligence from publisher-maintained npm registry metadata. Search package lists, latest tags or exact versions, or bounded history; filter releases and expose dependency counts, integrity, tarballs, maintainers and source links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink\_comic/npm-package-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 npm package scraper api - versions & dependencies evidence items

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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 API - Dependency & Release Intelligence

Retrieve latest, exact-version, dist-tag, or bounded version-history metadata from the npm registry. Search package lists (including scoped names), filter publisher-maintained release/dependency/license/deprecation/maintainer/keyword evidence, and export normalized dependency counts, version age, integrity, tarball, repository, bugs, homepage, and npm links.

Empty input returns one current React latest-version row for at most **$0.0021** ($0.0001 start + $0.002/item).

```json
{"packages":["react"],"version":"latest","maxResults":1}
```

```json
{"packages":["@types/node"],"includeHistory":true,"maxHistoryVersions":20,"publishedFrom":"2025-01-01","dependency":"undici-types","maxResults":10}
```

Package, history, body, and total-result limits bound work. No match and exhausted source failures are explicit dataset items.

npm registry metadata is publisher-maintained and can be incomplete, stale, changed, transferred, or removed. It does not independently prove package safety, provenance, maintenance quality, compatibility, maintainer identity, legal ownership, or license compliance. Review package contents, lockfiles, advisories, upstream sources, and license terms before consequential use.

See the full README for all filters, outputs, examples, pricing, and interpretation limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `packages` (type: `array`):

npm names, including scoped names such as @types/node.

## `version` (type: `string`):

Examples: latest, next, or 19.2.0. Blank means latest outside history mode.

## `includeHistory` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch package metadata and return newest published versions, bounded by maxHistoryVersions.

## `maxHistoryVersions` (type: `integer`):

Newest published versions examined in history mode.

## `publishedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD; history metadata supplies authoritative per-version publication timestamps.

## `publishedTo` (type: `string`):

Inclusive YYYY-MM-DD.

## `modifiedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD package-level modified timestamp filter, available in history mode.

## `modifiedTo` (type: `string`):

Inclusive YYYY-MM-DD package-level modified timestamp filter.

## `license` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive publisher-maintained license metadata filter; not a compliance determination.

## `deprecated` (type: `string`):

Filter publisher deprecation metadata.

## `dependency` (type: `string`):

Checks runtime, dev, peer and optional dependency names.

## `maintainer` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive maintainer name or public email filter.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive publisher keyword filter.

## `maxPackages` (type: `integer`):

Bound on package list requests.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Total paid dataset-item cap across packages after filters. Also reduced against the run charge limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "packages": [
    "react"
  ],
  "version": "latest",
  "includeHistory": false,
  "maxHistoryVersions": 25,
  "deprecated": "any",
  "maxPackages": 20,
  "maxResults": 1
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "packages": [
        "react"
    ],
    "version": "latest",
    "maxResults": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/npm-package-intelligence").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "packages": ["react"],
    "version": "latest",
    "maxResults": 1,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/npm-package-intelligence").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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": [
    "react"
  ],
  "version": "latest",
  "maxResults": 1
}' |
apify call pink_comic/npm-package-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/npm-package-intelligence"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/6YFAtO8UMbx4GLBzp/builds/xaDwEpdN9AacEpxDJ/openapi.json