List dependent packages and their download counts

[darrachequesne]

Hi!

I would like to list the packages which depend on my package, and sort them by their number of downloads. Is there a way to do this?

Here is what I tried so far:

• the dependedUpon view of the registry

Unfortunately, https://registry.npmjs.org/-/_view/dependedUpon mentioned here now returns an HTTP 404 error.

• the depended page on the website

Unfortunately, it seems you cannot browse more than 10 pages, as https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended/express?offset=396 returns Pagination limit reached.

Related: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/128448

• the dependents-tree package

Unfortunately, all the packages mentioned here seem to use one of the two previous solutions, so they do not seem suitable.

Is setting up a follower (https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/follower.md) and ingesting the data in a database on our side the recommended way? In that case, are there some kind of rate limits when accessing the stream at https://replicate.npmjs.com? Should we provide an access token when initializing the ChangeStream object?

Thanks in advance !