npm download trends API

Weekly/monthly download counts and month-over-month momentum for an npm package (npm registry download API). Pairs with dev/npm-package + dev/dep-tree. Answers 'is this package growing or dying', 'how popular is X', 'download trend for Y', 'npm downloads for Z'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/dev/npm-trends

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

devnpmdownloadstrendspopularitypackagemomentumregistry

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/dev/npm-trends

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "package": "express"
}

Example response

{
  "package": "express",
  "lastWeek": 98000000,
  "lastMonth": 425540092,
  "last30Days": 425000000,
  "prev30Days": 410000000,
  "momentumPct": 3.7,
  "trend": "stable"
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "package"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "package": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "express"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}