feat(search): add npm registry engine to code vertical - #261
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds an npm registry search engine, maps npm package metadata to search results, registers the engine in the code vertical, and adds unit coverage. Changesnpm Registry Search
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new npm registry engine can still issue a request for maxResults <= 0 instead of returning no results, and malformed API payloads can throw during result mapping; this can produce unexpected packages or failed searches, so the PR is not merge-ready until these bounded handling issues are fixed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CodeVertical
participant NpmRegistryEngine
participant NpmRegistryAPI
CodeVertical->>NpmRegistryEngine: search(query, options)
NpmRegistryEngine->>NpmRegistryAPI: Request package metadata
NpmRegistryAPI-->>NpmRegistryEngine: Return JSON response
NpmRegistryEngine-->>CodeVertical: Return mapped search results
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In `@src/search/engines/npm-registry.ts`:
- Around line 42-49: Update NpmRegistryEngine.search so the npm request size is
capped at 250 while retaining the caller’s requested maxResults for local
enforcement; slice data.objects to that requested limit before mapping results,
and add a boundary test covering maxResults greater than 250.
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The overall shape is right, and it matches how crates-io was admitted: secondary, weight: 0.3, quality: 'high', public JSON, no scraping. The 250 size clamp after the CodeRabbit note is the correct registry limit, and the unit tests cover the happy-path mapping well.
Two gaps will bite on current main before this can merge:
- Quality registry (CI blocker).
npm-registryis taggedhighon the code vertical but is not added toENGINE_QUALITYinsrc/search/core/engine-quality.ts.tests/unit/search/engine-quality.test.ts(vertical tier assignment is consistent with the central quality registry) will fail becauseengineQualityTier('npm-registry')defaults tomedium.crates-ioalready has the matching registry entry — this adapter needs the same one-liner. - User-Agent. The fetch only sends
Accept.crates-io(and wikipedia / lobsters / marginalia) sendwigolo/0.1 (https://github.com/KnockOutEZ/wigolo).npm-registry-fetchalways sends a descriptive UA; npm has throttled generic or missing ones. Copy the crates-io header and assert it in the unit test.
Smaller parse/URL notes are inline.
Overlap: I later opened #361 for the same #144 adapter. This PR is first and should take the slot. If you add the quality-registry entry + User-Agent (and the small parse/URL hardenings below), I will close #361. Happy to paste the extra test cases from there if useful.
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Done — registered 'npm-registry': 'high' next to 'crates-io' in src/search/core/engine-quality.ts. The engine-quality.test.ts vertical/registry consistency test now passes locally.
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| signal: AbortSignal.timeout(timeoutMs), | ||
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Done — now sending the same 'User-Agent': 'wigolo/0.1 (https://github.com/KnockOutEZ/wigolo)' header the crates-io adapter uses, and added a unit test asserting the header (mirroring the crates-io one).
| if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`npm registry returned ${response.status}`); | ||
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| const data = (await response.json()) as NpmSearchResponse; | ||
| return this.parseObjects((data.objects ?? []).slice(0, maxResults)); |
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Both fixed. objects is now guarded with Array.isArray(data.objects) ? data.objects : [] so a non-array payload returns [] instead of throwing. And the cap is applied after mapping valid packages — the loop breaks once results.length >= maxResults — so nameless/invalid rows no longer count against the limit. Added tests for both: [no-name, valid, valid] with maxResults: 1 returns the first valid hit, and objects: {} / objects: 'not-an-array' return [].
| const suffix = meta.length ? ` (${meta.join(', ')})` : ''; | ||
| const snippet = `${description}${suffix}`; | ||
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| const url = asString(pkg?.links?.npm) ?? `https://www.npmjs.com/package/${name}`; |
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Agreed — now constructing the canonical URL from name (https://www.npmjs.com/package/${name}), the way crates-io does. Dropped links.npm entirely rather than keeping it as a validated fast path, and removed the field from the type. Added a test asserting an untrusted links.npm value is ignored and the npmjs URL is built from the name (scoped @types/node included).
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Thanks for getting the secondary registration in — weight: 0.3 + secondary: true is the right contract from #190, so npm package pages stay a narrow signal instead of competing with GitHub/SO on every code query.
Two things that blocked the earlier attempt, in case they're useful here:
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Quality consistency. The vertical entry is
quality: 'high', butsrc/search/core/engine-quality.tshas nonpm-registrykey, soengineQualityTier()defaults to'medium'.tests/unit/search/engine-quality.test.tsrequires the two to match — that was the last CI failure on #190. Maintainer suggestion there was'medium'for both (npmdescriptionisn't wikipedia/MDN-grade evidence). -
Request/URL hardening. This fetch only sends
Accept; crates.io (and the npm registry docs) want a descriptive User-Agent.links.npmis also taken as-is. #361 has those extras plus post-parsemaxResultsif we end up combining.
I've also got #361 open on current main. I don't want a fourth copy — happy to close mine, or to pull any of this into a follow-up after yours lands. Maintainer's call.
Adds NpmRegistryEngine using npm's public search API (registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search), registered as a secondary engine in the code vertical alongside crates-io. Includes unit tests and updates the code-vertical engine-set assertions. Closes KnockOutEZ#144.
…arse, canonical URLs - register npm-registry as high tier in ENGINE_QUALITY so the vertical/registry consistency test passes - send descriptive wigolo/0.1 User-Agent header, matching crates-io adapter - Array.isArray guard on objects payload; cap maxResults after mapping valid packages so nameless rows don't count - construct npmjs URL from package name instead of trusting links.npm
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In `@tests/unit/search/engines/npm-registry.test.ts`:
- Around line 128-162: Update NpmRegistryEngine.parseObjects() to normalize
maxResults and return an empty result before mapping packages when the limit is
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| it('passes size matching maxResults', async () => { | ||
| const { calls } = captureFetch({ objects: [] }); | ||
| await new NpmRegistryEngine().search('q', { maxResults: 25 }); | ||
| expect(calls[0].url).toContain('size=25'); | ||
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| it('caps request size at 250 when maxResults exceeds the npm limit', async () => { | ||
| const { calls } = captureFetch({ objects: [] }); | ||
| await new NpmRegistryEngine().search('q', { maxResults: 500 }); | ||
| expect(calls[0].url).toContain('size=250'); | ||
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| it('slices results down to maxResults for local enforcement', async () => { | ||
| const objects = Array.from({ length: 5 }, (_, i) => ({ | ||
| package: { name: `pkg-${i}`, description: 'd' }, | ||
| })); | ||
| captureFetch({ objects }); | ||
| const results = await new NpmRegistryEngine().search('q', { maxResults: 3 }); | ||
| expect(results).toHaveLength(3); | ||
| expect(results.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['pkg-0', 'pkg-1', 'pkg-2']); | ||
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| it('counts maxResults against valid packages, not raw objects', async () => { | ||
| const body = { | ||
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| { package: { name: null, description: 'no name' } }, | ||
| { package: { name: 'first-valid', description: 'a' } }, | ||
| { package: { name: 'second-valid', description: 'b' } }, | ||
| ], | ||
| }; | ||
| captureFetch(body); | ||
| const results = await new NpmRegistryEngine().search('q', { maxResults: 1 }); | ||
| expect(results).toHaveLength(1); | ||
| expect(results[0].title).toBe('first-valid'); | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Enforce a zero result limit before mapping packages.
NpmRegistryEngine.parseObjects() adds a valid package before it compares results.length with maxResults. With maxResults: 0, the engine returns one result when the response contains a package. Normalize the limit and return [] before mapping. Add a regression test for maxResults: 0.
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In `@tests/unit/search/engines/npm-registry.test.ts` around lines 128 - 162,
Update NpmRegistryEngine.parseObjects() to normalize maxResults and return an
empty result before mapping packages when the limit is zero. Preserve
valid-package counting for positive limits, and add a regression test verifying
search with maxResults: 0 returns no results.
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@coderabbitai[bot] This is a valid finding. With maxResults: 0, parseObjects would return one result before hitting the cap check. Fixed with an early return guard. See commit 9c53251. Awaiting re-review. |
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44-50: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winShort-circuit nonpositive
maxResultsbefore the HTTP request.
parseObjectsreturns[]formaxResults <= 0, butsearchstill constructssize=0or a negative size and calls npm first. A zero-limit call can therefore time out or reject instead of returning the empty result asserted at Line 196. Return immediately after resolvingmaxResults, and assert thatfetchis not called.Proposed fix
const timeoutMs = options.timeoutMs ?? 10000; const maxResults = options.maxResults ?? 10; + if (maxResults <= 0) return []; const params = new URLSearchParams({🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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66-69: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winGuard malformed JSON before dereferencing.
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response.json()cast does not validate runtime data. A JSONnullresponse throws at Line 69. Anullmember inobjectsthrows at Line 79. Use optional access for the top-level payload and array entries, then add regression tests for both shapes.Proposed fix
- const data = (await response.json()) as NpmSearchResponse; - const objects = Array.isArray(data.objects) ? data.objects : []; + const data = (await response.json()) as NpmSearchResponse | null; + const objects = Array.isArray(data?.objects) ? data.objects : []; ... - const pkg = objects[i].package; + const pkg = objects[i]?.package;Also applies to: 78-80
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In `@src/search/engines/npm-registry.ts`:
- Around line 44-50: Update NpmRegistrySearchEngine.search after resolving
maxResults to immediately return an empty RawSearchResult array when maxResults
is nonpositive, before constructing request parameters or calling fetch;
preserve the existing positive-limit behavior and add or update the test to
assert fetch is not called.
- Around line 66-69: Update the npm search response handling around
NpmSearchResponse so null or malformed top-level JSON safely produces an empty
objects array, and make per-entry access around the objects mapping/filtering
path tolerate null entries. Preserve valid array behavior and add regression
tests covering a null response and an objects array containing null.
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Adds an NpmRegistryEngine that fans npm-package queries out to npm's public search API and registers it as a secondary engine in the code vertical, alongside the existing crates-io adapter.
Closes #144.
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px vitest run tests/unit/search/engines/npm-registry.test.ts -> 12 passed
px vitest run tests/unit/search/v1/verticals/code.test.ts -> 8 passed
px tsc --noEmit -> clean
No scraping involved; the API is public and keyless, matching the hn-algolia / crates-io pattern referenced in the issue.
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