drain.lat API

GET /package/:name

Fetch NPM package information and metadata.

GET /api/v1/npm/package/:name

string

required

The NPM package name to look up.

curl "https://drain.lat/api/v1/npm/package/express" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://drain.lat/api/v1/npm/package/express", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://drain.lat/api/v1/npm/package/express",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
print(res.json())

string

Package name.

string

Latest version.

string

Package description.

string

Package author.

string

License type.

string

Package homepage URL.

string

Repository URL.

array

Package keywords.

number

Number of dependencies.

string

Package creation date (ISO 8601).

string

Last modification date.

string

Last publish date.

number

Total number of versions.

string

Link to the NPM package page.

Response

{
  "name": "express",
  "version": "4.18.2",
  "description": "Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework",
  "author": "TJ Holowaychuk",
  "license": "MIT",
  "homepage": "http://expressjs.com/",
  "repository": "https://github.com/expressjs/express",
  "keywords": ["express", "framework", "web", "rest", "api"],
  "dependencies": 30,
  "createdAt": "2010-01-03T00:00:00Z",
  "modifiedAt": "2023-12-01T00:00:00Z",
  "lastPublish": "2023-12-01T00:00:00Z",
  "versions": 278,
  "npmUrl": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/express",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-31T00:00:00Z"
}

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