.TH "NPM\-QUERY" "1" "November 2022" "9.1.1"
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-query\fR
.SH Synopsis
<!\-\- AUTOGENERATED USAGE DESCRIPTIONS \-\->

.SH Description
.P
The \fBnpm query\fP command allows for usage of css selectors in order to retrieve
.br
an array of dependency objects\.
.SH Piping npm query to other commands
.RS 2
.nf
# find all dependencies with postinstall scripts & uninstall them
npm query ":attr(scripts, [postinstall])" | jq 'map(\.name)|join("\\n")' \-r | xargs \-I {} npm uninstall {}

# find all git dependencies & explain who requires them
npm query ":type(git)" | jq 'map(\.name)' | xargs \-I {} npm why {}
.fi
.RE
.SH Extended Use Cases & Queries
.RS 2
.nf
// all deps
*

// all direct deps
:root > *

// direct production deps
:root > \.prod

// direct development deps
:root > \.dev

// any peer dep of a direct deps
:root > * > \.peer

// any workspace dep
\|\.workspace

// all workspaces that depend on another workspace
\|\.workspace > \.workspace

// all workspaces that have peer deps
\|\.workspace:has(\.peer)

// any dep named "lodash"
// equivalent to [name="lodash"]
#lodash

// any deps named "lodash" & within semver range ^"1\.2\.3"
#lodash@^1\.2\.3
// equivalent to\.\.\.
[name="lodash"]:semver(^1\.2\.3)

// get the hoisted node for a given semver range
#lodash@^1\.2\.3:not(:deduped)

// querying deps with a specific version
#lodash@2\.1\.5
// equivalent to\.\.\.
[name="lodash"][version="2\.1\.5"]

// has any deps
:has(*)

// deps with no other deps (ie\. "leaf" nodes)
:empty

// manually querying git dependencies
[repository^=github:],
[repository^=git:],
[repository^=https://github\.com],
[repository^=http://github\.com],
[repository^=https://github\.com],
[repository^=+git:\.\.\.]

// querying for all git dependencies
:type(git)

// get production dependencies that aren't also dev deps
\|\.prod:not(\.dev)

// get dependencies with specific licenses
[license=MIT], [license=ISC]

// find all packages that have @ruyadorno as a contributor
:attr(contributors, [email=ruyadorno@github\.com])
.fi
.RE
.SH Example Response Output

.RS 1
.IP \(bu 2
an array of dependency objects is returned which can contain multiple copies of the same package which may or may not have been linked or deduped

.RE
.RS 2
.nf
[
  {
    "name": "",
    "version": "",
    "description": "",
    "homepage": "",
    "bugs": {},
    "author": {},
    "license": {},
    "funding": {},
    "files": [],
    "main": "",
    "browser": "",
    "bin": {},
    "man": [],
    "directories": {},
    "repository": {},
    "scripts": {},
    "config": {},
    "dependencies": {},
    "devDependencies": {},
    "optionalDependencies": {},
    "bundledDependencies": {},
    "peerDependencies": {},
    "peerDependenciesMeta": {},
    "engines": {},
    "os": [],
    "cpu": [],
    "workspaces": {},
    "keywords": [],
\|\.\.\.
  },
\|\.\.\.
.fi
.RE
.SH Configuration
<!\-\- AUTOGENERATED CONFIG DESCRIPTIONS \-\->
.SH See Also

.RS 1
.IP \(bu 2
dependency selectors

.RE