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Interface: PublishManifest

Hierarchy​

Properties​

_attachments​

• _attachments: AttachMents

The _attachments object has different usages:

  • When a package is published, it contains the tarball as an string, this string is used to be converted as a tarball, usually attached to the package but not stored in the database.
  • If user runs npm star the _attachments will be at the manifest body but empty.

It has also an internal usage:

  • Used as a cache for the tarball, quick access to the tarball shasum, etc. Instead iterate versions and find the right one, just using the tarball as a key which is what the package manager sends to the registry.

  • A _attachments object is added every time a private tarball is published, upstream cached tarballs are not being part of this object, only for published private packages.

Note: This field is removed when the package is accesed through the web user interface.

Defined in​

packages/core/types/src/manifest.ts:266