Appendix D. Breakdown of package.json properties

nodejs-rest-http/package.json

{
  "name": "nodejs-rest-http",
  "version": "1.1.1",
  "author": "Red Hat, Inc.",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "tape test/*.js | tap-spec", 1
    "lint": "eslint test/*.js app.js bin/*",
    "prepare": "nsp check",
    "coverage": "nyc npm test",
    "coveralls": "nyc npm test && nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
    "ci": "npm run lint && npm run coveralls",
    "dependencyCheck": "szero . --ci",
    "release": "standard-version",
    "openshift": "nodeshift --strictSSL=false --nodeVersion=8.x", 2
    "postinstall": "license-reporter report && license-reporter save --xml licenses.xml",
    "start": "node ." 3
  },
  "main": "./bin/www", 4
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git://github.com/bucharest-gold/nodejs-rest-http.git"
  },
  "files": [ 5
    "package.json",
    "app.js",
    "public",
    "bin",
    "LICENSE",
    "licenses"
  ],
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/bucharest-gold/nodejs-rest-http/issues"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/bucharest-gold/nodejs-rest-http",
  "devDependencies": { 6
    "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
    "nodeshift": "^1.3.0",
    "nsp": "~3.1.0",
    "nyc": "~11.4.1",
    "standard-version": "^4.2.0",
    "supertest": "^3.0.0",
    "szero": "^1.0.0",
    "tap-spec": "~4.1.1",
    "tape": "~4.8.0",
    "xo": "~0.20.3"
  },
  "dependencies": { 7
    "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
    "debug": "^3.1.0",
    "express": "^4.16.0",
    "license-reporter": "^1.1.3"
  }
}

1
A npm script for running unit tests. Run with npm run test.
2
A npm script for deploying this application to Single-node OpenShift Cluster. Run with npm run openshift. The strictSSL option allows us to deploy to Single-node OpenShift Cluster instances with self-signed certificates.
3
A npm script for starting this application. Run with npm start.
4
The primary entrypoint for the application when run with npm start.
5
Specifies the files to be included in the binary that is uploaded to Single-node OpenShift Cluster.
6
A list of development dependencies to be installed from the npm registry. These are used for testing and deployment to Single-node OpenShift Cluster.
7
A list of dependencies to be installed from the npm registry.