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# npm-package-arg
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[](https://travis-ci.org/npm/npm-package-arg)
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Parses package name and specifier passed to commands like `npm install` or
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`npm cache add`, or as found in `package.json` dependency sections.
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## EXAMPLES
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```javascript
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var assert = require("assert")
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var npa = require("npm-package-arg")
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// Pass in the descriptor, and it'll return an object
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try {
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var parsed = npa("@bar/foo@1.2")
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} catch (ex) {
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…
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}
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```
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## USING
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`var npa = require('npm-package-arg')`
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### var result = npa(*arg*[, *where*])
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* *arg* - a string that you might pass to `npm install`, like:
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`foo@1.2`, `@bar/foo@1.2`, `foo@user/foo`, `http://x.com/foo.tgz`,
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`git+https://github.com/user/foo`, `bitbucket:user/foo`, `foo.tar.gz`,
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`../foo/bar/` or `bar`. If the *arg* you provide doesn't have a specifier
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part, eg `foo` then the specifier will default to `latest`.
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* *where* - Optionally the path to resolve file paths relative to. Defaults to `process.cwd()`
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**Throws** if the package name is invalid, a dist-tag is invalid or a URL's protocol is not supported.
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### var result = npa.resolve(*name*, *spec*[, *where*])
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* *name* - The name of the module you want to install. For example: `foo` or `@bar/foo`.
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* *spec* - The specifier indicating where and how you can get this module. Something like:
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`1.2`, `^1.7.17`, `http://x.com/foo.tgz`, `git+https://github.com/user/foo`,
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`bitbucket:user/foo`, `file:foo.tar.gz` or `file:../foo/bar/`. If not
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included then the default is `latest`.
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* *where* - Optionally the path to resolve file paths relative to. Defaults to `process.cwd()`
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**Throws** if the package name is invalid, a dist-tag is invalid or a URL's protocol is not supported.
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## RESULT OBJECT
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The objects that are returned by npm-package-arg contain the following
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keys:
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* `type` - One of the following strings:
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* `git` - A git repo
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* `tag` - A tagged version, like `"foo@latest"`
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* `version` - A specific version number, like `"foo@1.2.3"`
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* `range` - A version range, like `"foo@2.x"`
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* `file` - A local `.tar.gz`, `.tar` or `.tgz` file.
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* `directory` - A local directory.
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* `remote` - An http url (presumably to a tgz)
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* `registry` - If true this specifier refers to a resource hosted on a
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registry. This is true for `tag`, `version` and `range` types.
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* `name` - If known, the `name` field expected in the resulting pkg.
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* `scope` - If a name is something like `@org/module` then the `scope`
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field will be set to `@org`. If it doesn't have a scoped name, then
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scope is `null`.
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* `escapedName` - A version of `name` escaped to match the npm scoped packages
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specification. Mostly used when making requests against a registry. When
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`name` is `null`, `escapedName` will also be `null`.
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* `rawSpec` - The specifier part that was parsed out in calls to `npa(arg)`,
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or the value of `spec` in calls to `npa.resolve(name, spec).
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* `saveSpec` - The normalized specifier, for saving to package.json files.
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`null` for registry dependencies.
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* `fetchSpec` - The version of the specifier to be used to fetch this
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resource. `null` for shortcuts to hosted git dependencies as there isn't
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just one URL to try with them.
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* `gitRange` - If set, this is a semver specifier to match against git tags with
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* `gitCommittish` - If set, this is the specific committish to use with a git dependency.
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* `hosted` - If `from === 'hosted'` then this will be a `hosted-git-info`
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object. This property is not included when serializing the object as
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JSON.
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* `raw` - The original un-modified string that was provided. If called as
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`npa.resolve(name, spec)` then this will be `name + '@' + spec`.
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