pnpm/docs/api.md

API

pnpm.installPkgs(pkgsToInstall, [options])

Install packages.

Arguments:

• pkgsToInstall - Object | String[] - either an object that maps package names to version ranges or inputs usually passed to npm install (e.g., foo@1.0.0, foo).
• options.save - Boolean - package will appear in dependencies.
• options.saveDev - Boolean - package will appear in devDependencies.
• options.saveOptional - Boolean - package will appear in optionalDependencies.
• options.saveExact - Boolean - saved dependencies will be configured with an exact version rather than using npm's default semver range operator.
• options.global - Boolean - the packages will be installed globally rather than locally.
• options.cwd - String - the directory in which the installation will be performed. By default the process.cwd() value is used.
• options.quiet - Boolean - false by default. No output to the console.
• options.metaCache - Map - a cache for package meta info.
• options.networkConcurrency - Number - 16 by default. Max amount of network requests to perform concurrently.

Returns: a Promise

Example:

const pnpm = require('pnpm')

pnpm.install({
  'is-positive': '1.0.0',
  'hello-world': '^2.3.1'
}, { save: true, quiet: true })

pnpm.install([options])

Install all modules listed as dependencies in package.json.

Arguments: (same as in named install and additionally)

• options.production - Boolean - false by default or true when the NODE_ENV environment variable is set to production. Modules listed in devDependencies will not be installed.

pnpm.uninstall(pkgsToUninstall, [options])

Uninstalls a package, completely removing everything pnpm installed on its behalf.

Arguments:

• pkgsToUninstall - String[] - the package names to be uninstalled.
• options.save - Boolean - the package will be removed from dependencies.
• options.saveDev - Boolean - the package will be removed from devDependencies.
• options.saveOptional - Boolean - the package will be removed from optionalDependencies.
• options.global - Boolean - the packages will be uninstalled globally.

pnpm.linkFromRelative(lintTo, [options])

Create a symbolic link from the linked package to the current working directory's node_modules (and to the node_modules/.bin).

Arguments:

• options.cwd - String - by default process.cwd().

pnpm.linkToGlobal([options])

Create a symbolic link from the package in the current working directory to the global node_modules.

Arguments:

• options.cwd - String - by default process.cwd().

pnpm.linkFromGlobal(pkgName, [options])

Create a symbolic link to the specified package from the global node_modules to the current working directory's node_modules.

Arguments:

• options.cwd - String - by default process.cwd().

pnpm.prune([options])

Remove extraneous packages. Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent package's dependencies list.

Arguments:

• options.production - Boolean - by default false. If this property is true, prune will remove the packages specified in devDependencies.
• options.cwd - String - by default process.cwd().

pnpm.prunePkgs(pkgs, [options])

Remove extraneous packages specified in the pkgs arguments. Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent package's dependencies list.

Arguments:

• pkgs - String[] - prune only the specified packages.
• options.production - Boolean - by default false. If this property is true, prune will remove the packages specified in devDependencies.
• options.cwd - String - by default process.cwd().