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

Yes, you can npm install to download the full repository into node_modules. This will be directly from the repository's host, rather than via npm, though. See the npm install docs for more information.