npm testcase

case.js

var npm = require("npm")
var path = require("path")

npm.load({ prefix: path.join(process.env.HOME, ".orchestrator") }, function(e, npm) {
  npm.commands.ls([], function(err, _) {
    // this time it's nothing but probably results are cached
    npm.commands.install(["method"], function(err, _) {
      // now there is something but it still thinks there is nothing.
      npm.commands.ls([], console.log)
    })
  })
})

output

> /Users/gozala/.orchestrator
└── (empty)

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/method
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/method
[email protected] ../../.orchestrator/node_modules/method
/Users/gozala/.orchestrator
└── (empty)

null { dependencies: {},
  path: '/Users/gozala/.orchestrator',
  realName: undefined,
  realPath: '/Users/gozala/.orchestrator',
  link: undefined,
  depth: 0 } {}