read-pkg-up
Read the closest package.json file
Why
- Finds the closest package.json
- Gracefully handles filesystem issues
- Throws more helpful JSON errors
- Normalizes the data
Install
$ npm install read-pkg-up
Usage
const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up');
(async () => {
console.log(await readPkgUp());
/*
{
packageJson: {
name: 'awesome-package',
version: '1.0.0',
…
},
path: '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/awesome-package/package.json'
}
*/
})();
API
readPkgUp(options?)
Returns a Promise<object>
or Promise<undefined>
if no package.json
was found.
readPkgUp.sync(options?)
Returns the result object or undefined
if no package.json
was found.
options
Type: object
cwd
Type: string
Default: process.cwd()
Directory to start looking for a package.json file.
normalize
Type: boolean
Default: true
Normalize the package data.
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