How is the data obtained

[James4Ever0]

I've seen this URL in your repo history but it is not accessible now. Also the API from npm registry doc simply not works.

Your repo used to contain download methods for npm registry. I wonder how it is possible to obtain all package names from npm registry, thanks!

[instaboy007]

Would you please explain the method used to collect all package names from the npm registry?

[pingpongchampion1995]

https://replicate.npmjs.com/_all_docs

used to be able to download the whole file here, but as far as I can tell it's no longer possible - just too big and eventually errors out. you can go back and track by changes, but would take forever

[fengmk2]

https://adamhl.dev/blog/largest-number-in-npm-package#the-npm-api This blog post introduces methods for obtaining information about all packages.