Download a package from npm as a tar (not installing it to a module)

Question

Is there some URL from which I can download a given package from npm (as a tarball or something)? I need the exact files that were originally uploaded to npm.

Using

Answer 1

Running npm pack PACKAGE_NAME will download a tarball of any package on npm.

To extract it, just run tar -xzf DOWNLOADED_FILE.tgz

Example:

npm pack react

then extract:

tar -xzf react-16.6.3.tgz