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npm-whatis

v1.0.1

Published

Describe a package in one sentence (or more)

Downloads

31

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Links

Git

Maintainers

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Keywords

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Readme

npm

npm-whatis

Dependency Status

Describe a package in one sentence (or more).

Usage

$ npm-whatis life
life                 - An artificial life simulation in node.

CLI

npm-whatis <package>

Prints package description.

Equivalent to npm v <package> description.

API

whatis(packageName, cb(err, description))

Requests http://npmjs.com for package description and returns it.

Install

npm install -g npm-whatis

License

MIT