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This is a very simple RESTful API handler, that allows you to use the data, from an API without creating your own GET request, simply use the function from the module to get the data.

Is checking in the dependencies into git something recommended? Your package.json should state the dependencies.

Just saying, it does state all of the dependencies:

{ "name": "apihandlerrestful", "version": "1.0.1", "description": "A simple api handler for nodejs", "main": "handler.js", "scripts": { "test": "mocha --reporter spec" }, "keywords": [ "api", "handler", "restful", "apihandlerrestful" ], "author": "Talon Bragg", "license": "MIT", "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "git+https://github.com/talonbragg/apihandler.git" }, "bugs": { "url": "https://github.com/talonbragg/apihandler/issues" }, "homepage": "https://github.com/talonbragg/apihandler#readme", "devDependencies": { "chai": "^4.1.2", "coveralls": "^3.0.0", "istanbul": "^0.4.5", "mocha": "^5.0.5" }, "directories": { "test": "test" }, "dependencies": {} }

It is in dev dependencies.

Just to expand a bit on what theomega was saying, the node_modules folder should generally be excluded from the repository.

The idea is that anyone can grab a copy and run npm install to get the devDependencies listed in package.json. Not only does that keep your repo cleaner but it also lets the package manager handle the management of packages.

The last part is the important bit. Anyone running npm install after Coveralls 3.0.1 came out, for example, would get the updated version and all the correspondingly updated dependencies. As it stands, anyone who grabs a copy of your repository and uses the included node_modules won't get all the non-breaking incremental updates to all the dev dependencies, their dependencies, etc.

I am no longer using coveralls, I am using codecov.

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