# Install api with npm

Magical SDK generation from an OpenAPI definition 🪄. Version 7.0.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:api
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g api
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:api
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/api>
- **Version:** 7.0.0
- **Source summary:** Magical SDK generation from an OpenAPI definition 🪄
- **Homepage:** <https://api.readme.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/readmeio/api>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://api.readme.dev>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/api/-/api-7.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/readmeio/api/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-23T18:04:23.257Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23T18:04:23.257Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- api (cli)
- api (alias)

## Dependencies

- @readme/api-core
- chalk
- ci-info
- commander
- emphasize
- execa
- figures
- httpsnippet-client-api
- js-yaml
- json-schema-traverse
- license
- lodash-es
- oas
- oas-normalize
- ora
- preferred-pm
- prompts
- semver
- ssri
- ts-morph
- update-notifier
- uslug
- validate-npm-package-name

## Build dependencies

- @api/test-utils
- @readme/oas-examples
- @readme/oas-to-har
- @types/lodash-es
- @types/prompts
- @types/semver
- @types/ssri
- @types/update-notifier
- @types/uslug
- @types/validate-npm-package-name
- @vitest/coverage-v8
- ajv
- ajv-formats
- nock
- openapi-types
- tsup
- tsx
- type-fest
- typescript
- unique-temp-dir
- vitest

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/readmeio/api
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for api. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 7.0.0-beta.17, Latest: 7.0.0, Next: 7.0.0-next.18
- **Version Count:** 147
- **Maintainers:** gkoberger, domharrington, mjcuva, jonursenbach, rafegoldberg, darrenyong, owlbert
- **Author:** Jon Ursenbach
- **Publisher:** jonursenbach
- **Engines:** Node: >=20.10.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-Mr/t33bqaWdi/MSQ7TcI3LdVHytR/lTMrEeAWP3aCs90CjGjdHjOQ+QCjKIoepjcQLPs0PZkvaZnpsqDebHZtQ==
- **Shasum:** 3a139e530a8f261e39cb80b8c15887c3a02f01be
- **Unpacked Size:** 224,739
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-09-27T16:59:57.135Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-23T18:04:23.257Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-23T18:04:23.589Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [apib2swagger](https://pkg.so/npm/apib2swagger/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: api, api-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [swagger-tools](https://pkg.so/npm/swagger-tools/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: api, api-tools, cli, commander, developer.
- [backport](https://pkg.so/npm/backport/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: chalk, cli, core, developer, developer-tools.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph