Badge request: dependents of a npm package
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- JavaScript
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Description
Would be nice to have a badge to show off how many npm packages depend on my package. For example, the `1717 Dependents` number at https://www.npmjs.com/package/got.
You could either:
- Use the API. Example: https://github.com/chrisdickinson/npm-get-dependents
- Scrape. Example: https://github.com/astur/check-npm-dependents
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue does not name implementation files or tests. Start by reviewing how existing Shields badges fetch npm metadata, then inspect the linked npm-get-dependents API and scraping example. Done means a badge can display the number of npm packages depending on a requested package.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100