Query by author

[bartbutenaers]

Hey Keeth,
Currently I view my statistics via https://npm-stat.com/

I was wondering if I could do similar queries via your package? This means:

• Is it possible to do queries by author instead if by package?
• Suppose I want to get daily downloads for an entire year. Does this mean I have to call your package 365 times, or can I somehow call it once and get an array of 365 values?

Thanks for your time!
Bart

[bartbutenaers]

Hi @kkeeth,
Do you have any advise for me?
Thanks!

[kkeeth]

Hi, @bartbutenaers

Sorry for my reply 🙇 I'll respond below.

Is it possible to do queries by author instead if by package?

Sorry, but the current version does not allow you to search by author name. Depending on the NPM API specification, I'll consider adding features!

Suppose I want to get daily downloads for an entire year. Does this mean I have to call your package 365 times, or can I somehow call it once and get an array of 365 values?

This is a no 😄 As I mentioned in my example , you can specify a time limit that you want to check. For example, you can write the following code

const npm = require('npm-stat-api');

// Parameters:
// 1. Package Name
// 2. Start Date
// 3. End Date
npm.stat('check-stats-modules','2019-09-09','2020-09-09', (err, res) => {
   console.log(JSON.stringify(res))
});

Thanks!

[bartbutenaers]

Hello @kkeeth,

Thanks for the example. That is exactly what I was looking for!!! Had overlooked that parameter somehow ...
If you would consider adding the 'search by author' as a new feature, that would be very kind of you!

Bart