Get details on nodejs project dependencies from package.json

node.js project dependencies description

'use strict';

/*
 * Generates a report of npm components the project uses for compliance
 * Author: @santthosh
 */

var npm = require('npm');

var viewPackageInfo = function(err, data) {
    for(var version in data) {
      if(data.hasOwnProperty(version)) {
        var info = data[version];

        var repositoryUrl;
        if(typeof info.repository.url !== 'undefined') {
          repositoryUrl = info.repository.url;
        } else {
          repositoryUrl = 'undefined';
        }

        var author;
        if(typeof info.author !== 'undefined') {
          author = info.author.name;
        } else {
          author = 'undefined';
        }

        var licenseType, licenseUrl;
        if(typeof info.licenses !== 'undefined') {
          licenseType = info.licenses.type;
          licenseUrl = info.licenses.url;
        } else {
          licenseType = 'undefined';
          licenseUrl = 'undefined';
        }

        console.log(info.name +
            ',' + repositoryUrl +
            ',' + author +
            ',' + licenseType +
            ',' + licenseUrl);
      }
    }
  };

npm.load(function (er, npm) {
    npm.config.set('json',true);
    npm.config.set('depth',0);

    npm.commands.list([],true,function(err, data) {
        var dependencies = [];
        for(var key in data.dependencies) {
          if(data.dependencies.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            npm.commands.view([key],true,viewPackageInfo);
          }
        }
      });
  })