Function getPluginInfo

packages/insomnia/src/main/install-plugin.ts:206–243

(lookupName: string, allowScopedPackageNames = false)

 * Verifies that the package contains an "insomnia" attribute.
 */
export async function getPluginInfo(lookupName: string, allowScopedPackageNames = false) {
  const validationError = validatePluginName(lookupName, allowScopedPackageNames);

  if (validationError) {
    throw new Error(validationError);
  }

  console.log('[plugins] Fetching module info from npm');

  const registryUrl = await getRegistryUrl();
  const stdout = await runYarnCommand(['info', lookupName, '--json', '--registry', registryUrl]);

  let yarnOutput;
  try {
    yarnOutput = JSON.parse(stdout);
  } catch (err) {
    throw new Error(`Invalid JSON received from yarn: ${(err as Error).message}`);
  }

  const data = yarnOutput.data;
  if (!data || typeof data !== 'object') {
    throw new Error(`Unexpected yarn output structure`);
  }

  if (!data.insomnia) {
    throw new Error(`Package "${lookupName}" is not an Insomnia plugin (missing "insomnia" attribute)`);
  }

  return {
    insomnia: data.insomnia,
    name: data.name,
    version: data.version,
    dist: {
      shasum: data.dist.shasum,
      tarball: data.dist.tarball,
    },
  };
}

/**
 * Installs a plugin into a temporary directory using Yarn.