Get the currently installed npm CLI version
const npmCliVersion = require('npm-cli-version');
(async () => {
await npmCliVersion(); //=> '5.5.1'
})();Unlike the prior arts, it doesn't execute npm --version in a child process.
npm install npm-cli-version
const npmCliVersion = require('npm-cli-version');Return: Promise<string>
- parse-npm-version — Similar to this module, but returns a
Promisefor a node-semver object instead - npm-cli-dir — Resolve the directory path where
npmCLI is installed. Used by this module.
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