NPM: outdated filter "wanted" (Node / Javacript utility)

npm-outdated-filter-wanted.js

/**
 * NPM-Outdated-filter-wanted.js
 *
 * @author NDF, 02-Mar-2021.
 */

const exec = require('child_process').exec;

exec('npm outdated --json', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
  if (err instanceof Error && !stdout) {
    console.error(err);
    throw err;
  }

  const outdated = JSON.parse(stdout);

  const wanted = [];
  const ignored = [];

  Object.entries(outdated).map(item => {
    const [ name, mod ] = item;

    if (mod.current == mod.wanted) {
      ignored.push([ name, mod.current, mod.wanted, mod.latest ]);
    } else {
      wanted.push([ name, mod.current, mod.wanted ]); // Was: ...Object.values(mod)
    }
  });

  console.log('Wanted:', wanted, '\n');
  console.log('Ignored:', ignored);
});

// https://zaiste.net/posts/nodejs-child-process-spawn-exec-fork-async-await/

/* const util = require('util');
const exec = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);

async function main() {
  const { stdout, stderr } = await exec('npm outdated --json');

  if (stderr) {
    console.error(`error: ${stderr}`);
  }
  console.log(`result: ${stdout}`);
}

main(); */

// End.