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aube view

  • Usage: aube view [FLAGS] [PACKAGE] [FIELD]
  • Aliases: info, show, v
  • Effect: read-only

Print package metadata from the registry

Arguments

  • [PACKAGE] — Package to view, optionally with a version or dist-tag.

    Examples: lodash, lodash@4.17.21, react@next, express@^4.

  • [FIELD] — Dotted path into the version metadata to print.

    Examples: version, dependencies, dist.tarball, maintainers.0.name. When omitted, prints a formatted summary.

Flags

  • --json — Print the full JSON of the selected version instead of the summary.

    Mutually exclusive with field.

  • -h --help — Print help

Network

  • --fetch-retries <N> — Number of retry attempts for failed registry fetches.

    Overrides fetchRetries / fetch-retries from .npmrc / aube-workspace.yaml when set. Pair with --fetch-timeout to fail fast in scripted test runs.

  • --fetch-retry-factor <N> — Exponential backoff factor between retry attempts.

    Overrides fetchRetryFactor / fetch-retry-factor from .npmrc / aube-workspace.yaml when set. Integer-only; fractional values like 1.5 are rejected.

  • --fetch-retry-maxtimeout <MS> — Upper bound (ms) on the computed retry backoff.

    Overrides fetchRetryMaxtimeout / fetch-retry-maxtimeout from .npmrc / aube-workspace.yaml when set.

  • --fetch-retry-mintimeout <MS> — Lower bound (ms) on the computed retry backoff.

    Overrides fetchRetryMintimeout / fetch-retry-mintimeout from .npmrc / aube-workspace.yaml when set.

  • --fetch-timeout <MS> — Per-request HTTP timeout in milliseconds.

    Overrides fetchTimeout / fetch-timeout from .npmrc / aube-workspace.yaml when set. Covers the whole request (headers and body together).

  • --registry <URL> — Override the default registry URL for this invocation.

    Use this npm registry URL for package metadata, tarballs, audit requests, dist-tags, and registry writes.

Examples:

$ aube view my-package@1.0.0 | MIT | deps: 0 | versions: 1

$ aube view react react@18.3.1 | MIT | deps: 1 | versions: 2037 React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. https://react.dev/

keywords: react

dist .tarball: https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-18.3.1.tgz .shasum: a0b2eb79... .integrity: sha512-...

A specific version

$ aube view react@17.0.2

A single field

$ aube view react version 18.3.1

$ aube view react dist.tarball https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-18.3.1.tgz

All versions ever published

$ aube view react versions --json

Raw JSON for the resolved version

$ aube view react@next --json

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