Resolve npm registry tarball urls and honor checkout version

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added support for resolving npm package links to published tarball URLs.
  • Supports both scoped and unscoped packages, with optional version selection.
  • Preserves existing tarball links.

• Bug Fixes

  • Added handling for invalid links, unavailable packages, and request failures with warnings.
  • Reports the resolved package version when applicable.

• Test Results

Test: fosslight_download npm URL return values

Verified with 50 https://registry.npmjs.org/ URLs using fosslight_download.

• Without -c: 50/50 success
• With -c (version different from the link): 50/50 success

Return fields: success, oss_name, oss_version, clarified_version, link

Without -c

Input URL	success	oss_name	oss_version	clarified_version	link
https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-19.2.8.tgz	true	npm:react	19.2.8	19.2.8	https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-19.2.8.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/@nestjs/jwt/-/jwt-11.0.2.tgz	true	npm:@nestjs/jwt	11.0.2	11.0.2	https://registry.npmjs.org/@nestjs/jwt/-/jwt-11.0.2.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io	true	npm:socket.io	4.8.3	4.8.3	https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io/-/socket.io-4.8.3.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/@reduxjs/toolkit	true	npm:@reduxjs/toolkit	2.12.0	2.12.0	https://registry.npmjs.org/@reduxjs/toolkit/-/toolkit-2.12.0.tgz

With -c (version different from the link)

Input URL	-c	success	oss_name	oss_version	clarified_version	link
https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-19.2.8.tgz	19.0.8	true	npm:react	19.2.8	19.2.8	https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-19.2.8.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/@nestjs/jwt/-/jwt-11.0.2.tgz	11.0.1	true	npm:@nestjs/jwt	11.0.2	11.0.2	https://registry.npmjs.org/@nestjs/jwt/-/jwt-11.0.2.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io	4.8.2	true	npm:socket.io	4.8.2	4.8.2	https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io/-/socket.io-4.8.2.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/@reduxjs/toolkit	2.11.2	true	npm:@reduxjs/toolkit	2.11.2	2.11.2	https://registry.npmjs.org/@reduxjs/toolkit/-/toolkit-2.11.2.tgz

Behavior

URL type	Without -c	With -c (different version)
Tarball URL (.../-/....tgz)	Keep tarball version	Keep tarball version (-c ignored)
Package name only (registry.npmjs.org/<pkg>)	Resolve latest	Resolve -c version

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Changes

The npm resolver now accepts an optional checkout version, parses scoped and unscoped package links, queries npm registry metadata, preserves existing tarball URLs, and reports the resolved version to callers.

npm link parsing and registry resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse and resolve npm links src/fosslight_util/_get_downloadable_url.py	The resolver extracts package names and versions, preserves .tgz links, retrieves dist.tarball from npm metadata, and returns failure results for invalid input or failed requests.
Integrate checkout version reporting src/fosslight_util/_get_downloadable_url.py	The caller passes checkout_version and records it for successful non-tarball resolutions when no version was detected.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bc9e1

For npm registry package URLs, the change can download the tarball while losing the package name and resolved version, resulting in incomplete dependency metadata or incorrect version handling. This should be corrected before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant NpmResolver
  participant NpmRegistry
  Caller->>NpmResolver: submit npm link and checkout_version
  NpmResolver->>NpmResolver: parse package and version
  NpmResolver->>NpmRegistry: request package metadata
  NpmRegistry-->>NpmResolver: return dist.tarball
  NpmResolver-->>Caller: return download URL and resolved version

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Suggested reviewers: dd-jy, soimkim

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Inline comments:
In `@src/fosslight_util/_get_downloadable_url.py`:
- Around line 1167-1190: Update the npm registry resolution in
extract_name_version_from_link and its get_downloadable_url integration to
preserve the parsed package name and resolved version, including the selected
latest version when checkout_version is absent. Ensure scoped and unscoped
registry URLs return npm identity through to download_wget, while retaining an
explicitly supplied checkout version. Add coverage for both URL forms with and
without checkout_version.

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