Mojo::Alien::npm(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the manual page for Mojo::Alien::npm, bestie — it “Runs the external nodejs program npm” ✨ that’s the whole NAME vibe, no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Mojo::Alien::npm;
my $npm = Mojo::Alien::npm->new;

$npm->init;
$npm->install;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The DESCRIPTION section says Mojo::Alien::webpack is a class for runnig the external nodejs program npm (https://npmjs.com/) — yes, that’s the class name and that’s the spelling of “runnig” exactly as written, and we are not editing the lore, bestie. It’s giving external-nodejs-program-runner energy, periodt. 💅

🎀 ATTRIBUTES 🎀

💅 binary 💅

$array_ref = $npm->binary;
$npm = $npm->binary(['npm']);

The path to the npm executable. Default is npm unless the MOJO_NPM_BINARY environment variable has been set. This can also be set to pnpm in case you prefer https://pnpm.io/ — cute alternative, no cap. 🌸

🦋 config 🦋

$path = $npm->config;
$npm = $npm->config(path->to_abs->child('package.json'));

Holds an /absolute path to package.json.

⭐ mode ⭐

$str = $npm->mode;
$npm = $npm->mode('development');

Should be either development or production. Will be used as NODE_ENV environment variable when calling npm. 🫶

🔥 METHODS 🔥

💖 dependencies 💖

$dependencies = $npm->dependencies;

Used to get dependencies from config combined with information from npm ls. The returned hash-ref looks like this:

{
  "package-name" => {
    required => $str,  # version from package.json
    type     => $str,  # dev, optional or prod
    version  => $str,  # installed version
    ...
  },
  ...
}

🌈 init 🌈

$npm->init;

Used to create a default config file.

👑 install 👑

$npm->install;
$npm->install('package-name');
$npm->install('package-name', {type => 'prod', version => '0.1.2'});

Installs either all modules from config or a given package by name. An additional $info hash can also be provided.

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Mojolicious::Plugin::Webpack — that’s the reference, bestie, and it’s iconic.

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mwah 💋 this manual page is Mojo::Alien::npm(3), from Perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-09-30 — bye bestie, go run your nodejs program 🫶