NAME

Mojo::Alien::npm - Runs the external nodejs program npm

SYNOPSIS

  use Mojo::Alien::npm;
  my $npm = Mojo::Alien::npm->new;

  $npm->init;
  $npm->install;

DESCRIPTION

Mojo::Alien::webpack is a class for runnig the external nodejs program npm.

ATTRIBUTES

binary

  $array_ref = $npm->binary;
  $npm = $npm->binary(['npm']);

The path to the npm executable. Default is "npm" unless the MOJO_NPM_BINARY environment variable has been set. This can also be set to "pnpm" in case you prefer https://pnpm.io/.

config

  $path = $npm->config;
  $npm = $npm->config(path->to_abs->child('package.json'));

Holds an /absolute path to "package.json".

mode

  $str = $npm->mode;
  $npm = $npm->mode('development');

Should be either "development" or "production". Will be used as "NODE_ENV" environment variable when calling "npm".

METHODS

dependencies

  $dependencies = $npm->dependencies;

Used to get dependencies from "config" combined with information from npm ls. The returned hash-ref looks like this:

  {
    "package-name" => {
      required => $str,  # version from package.json
      type     => $str,  # dev, optional or prod
      version  => $str,  # installed version
      ...
    },
    ...
  }

init

  $npm->init;

Used to create a default "config" file.

install

  $npm->install;
  $npm->install('package-name');
  $npm->install('package-name', {type => 'prod', version => '0.1.2'});

Installs either all modules from "config" or a given package by name. An additional $info hash can also be provided.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious::Plugin::Webpack.