Downloads and extracts specific npm package without dependencies or hooks.

npm-download-only.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Downloads and extracts specific npm package without dependencies or hooks.
# Usage:
# npm-download-only [package1] [package2] ...
# where package can be a specific version (e.g. package@1.0.0) or package.
#
# Written on 9 dec 2015 by Rob Wu (https://robwu.nl)

for arg in "$@"
do
  if [ -e "$arg" ] ; then
    echo "$arg exists already -- skipping."
    continue
  fi

  tarball=$(npm view "$arg" dist.tarball)
  if [ -z "$tarball" ] ; then
    echo "No dist.tarball found for '$arg'"
    continue
  fi

  if ! mkdir "$arg" ; then
    echo "Failed to create directory '$arg'"
    continue
  fi

  echo "Downloading '$tarball' and extracting it to '$arg'"
  curl "$tarball" | tar xz --strip-components 1 --directory "$arg"
done