So 2 days ago I published my first npm package
A simple library to trim and join audio files.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/aviatojs\
The weird thing is I already got 111 downloads somehow.
I havent shared this package with anyone
Neither have I documented anything. The readme is literally blank.
could this be a mistake??
How did I get 111 npm downloads already?
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2 Answers
Npm’s download stats are native by design: they are simply a count of the number of HTTP 200 responses we served that were tarball files, i.e. packages. This means the number includes:
- automated build servers
- downloads by mirrors
- robots that download every package for analysis
Full answere there: https://blog.npmjs.org/post/92574016600/numeric-precision-matters-how-npm-download-counts-work.html.
This is something which occurs pretty often when you upload packages to npm.
One week ago I also pushed a simple project to npm and it got 1.5k downloads in a week.
I do not think this means that 111 people have downloaded your package, but better be safe than sorry.
You should fill up the readme just to be safe.
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