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get_maintainer_profile

Get basic profile info for an npm maintainer

A tool of NPMScan

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Given an npm username, returns every package npm's own maintainer:<username> search index currently returns for that account (registry.npmjs.org's /-/v1/search — the public registry API has no dedicated 'list packages by maintainer' endpoint otherwise), plus precomputed aggregates: currentlyMaintainsCount (still listed as maintainer right now vs. already-revoked), totalWeeklyDownloads and totalDependents summed across every returned package, and avatarUrl — the same Gravatar image npmjs.com's own profile page shows for this account, derived from the email already public in the registry's own maintainer records but served from our own /api/avatar/:hash proxy rather than linking gravatar.com directly (null only if no returned package still lists an email for this exact username). This is a plain info lookup — it does NOT run the publish-cluster / compromised-account detection that check_maintainer_blast_radius does; use that tool instead when the goal is a security read on whether this account's recent activity looks like a takeover, not just a profile summary. Natural pairing with check_maintainer_changes: once that tool names a maintainer on a package, call this with that maintainer's username to see the rest of what they touch. npmscanUrl is this account's profile page on npmscan itself; npmProfileUrl is the account's actual page on npmjs.com, included for verification since that's the authoritative record of the account.

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
maintainerUsernamestringyesExact npm username, e.g. "sindresorhus" — as shown at npmjs.com/~username. Not an email address, not a package name or scope.
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "maintainerUsername": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "Exact npm username, e.g. \"sindresorhus\" — as shown at npmjs.com/~username. Not an email address, not a package name or scope."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "maintainerUsername"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

First seen 2026-09-16 · last seen 2026-09-16