In NPM, How to get the list of packages under a scope?

Question

We are developing custom packages and each package is maintained under the scope. For example:

1. @nest/common
2. @nest/core
3. @nest/microservice

How to get the list of packages available in the particular scope? For e.g I want to view the list of packages under @nest. npm list returns all the packages.

Answer 1

npm uses the search api from npms.io [docs], which, includes the following:

Besides normal text, q supports qualifiers to express filters and other modifiers:

• scope:types: Show/filter results that belong to the @types scope

$ curl -s "https://api.npms.io/v2/search?q=scope:nest" | jq -r '.results[] | .package.name'
@nest/testing
@nest/core
@nest/microservices
@nest/websockets

» npm search scope:nest
NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS
@nest/testing             | Nest - the testing…  | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22 | 4.5.4    |
@nest/core                | Nest - the core…     | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22 | 4.5.4    |
@nest/microservices       | Nest - the…          | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22 | 4.5.4    |
@nest/websockets          | Nest - the…          | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22 | 4.5.4    |

Updated 2022-10-03

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Original Answer:

Searching on npm for the explicit scope will return the available public packages for that scope.

For example:

» npm search @nest
NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE
@nest/testing             | Nest - the testing…  | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22
@nest/core                | Nest - the core…     | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22
@nest/websockets          | Nest - the…          | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22
@nest/microservices       | Nest - the…          | =wbhob          | 2017-12-22

If the scope contains more than 20 packages, you need to use the --searchlimit option with a higher limit, like npm --searchlimit=100 search @nestjs