# npm Package Monthly Downloads Lookup

> npm Package Monthly Downloads Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the total download count for a specified npm package over the last month, sourced from the npm downloads API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/npm-downloads
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/npm-package-monthly-downloads-lookup-cf1edb52
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i1FepKuEyWVpyPJSkqMtB

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability npm-package-monthly-downloads-lookup-cf1edb52 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: How many times was the 'lodash' npm package downloaded last month?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, single-call lookup of an npm package's monthly download count to gauge popularity, compare adoption, or enrich package metadata. Prefer this over scraping npmjs.com directly or building your own API integration with npm's downloads endpoint.

## Known failure modes

- Package name not found or misspelled — returns error or empty result
- Missing ?pkg= query parameter — returns error response
- npm downloads API upstream outage — may return error or stale data
- Private/scoped packages may return no data if not publicly tracked

## How this service works

Total downloads for an npm package over the last month, from the npm downloads API. Param is the package name. Query: ?pkg= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the npm package name and its total download count over the last calendar month, pulled from the npm downloads API.

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