added utils.is_object function for convenience

lib/config.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-var assert = require('assert');
-var crypto = require('crypto');
-var minimatch = require('minimatch');
+var assert = require('assert')
+  , crypto = require('crypto')
+  , minimatch = require('minimatch')
+  , utils = require('./utils')
 
 // [[a, [b, c]], d] -> [a, b, c, d]
 function flatten(array) {
@@ -37,10 +38,7 @@ function Config(config) {
 
 	['users', 'uplinks', 'packages'].forEach(function(x) {
 		if (this[x] == null) this[x] = {};
-		assert(
-			typeof(this[x]) === 'object' &&
-			!Array.isArray(this[x])
-		, 'CONFIG: bad "'+x+'" value (object expected)');
+		assert(utils.is_object(this[x]), 'CONFIG: bad "'+x+'" value (object expected)');
 	});
 
 	for (var i in this.users) check_user_or_uplink(i);

lib/error.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-var util = require('util');
+var util = require('util')
+  , utils = require('./utils')
 
 function parse_error_params(params, status, msg) {
 	if (typeof(params) === 'string') {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ function parse_error_params(params, status, msg) {
 			msg: msg,
 			status: params,
 		};
-	} else if (typeof(params) === 'object' && params != null) {
+	} else if (utils.is_object(params)) {
 		if (params.msg == null) params.msg = msg;
 		if (params.status == null) params.status = status;
 		return params;

lib/index.js

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ module.exports = function(config_hash) {
 		if (req.params._rev != null && req.params._rev != '-rev') return next('route');
 		var name = req.params.package;
 
-		if (Object.keys(req.body).length == 1 && typeof(req.body.users) === 'object') {
+		if (Object.keys(req.body).length == 1 && utils.is_object(req.body.users)) {
 			return next(new UError({
 				// 501 status is more meaningful, but npm doesn't show error message for 5xx
 				status: 404,

lib/local-storage.js

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Storage.prototype.add_version = function(name, version, metadata, tag, callback)
 				msg: 'this version already present'
 			}))
 		}
+
 		data.versions[version] = metadata
 		data['dist-tags'][tag] = version
 		cb()
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ Storage.prototype.update_package = function(name, updateFn, _callback) {
 
 Storage.prototype._normalize_package = function(pkg) {
 	['versions', 'dist-tags', '_distfiles', '_attachments'].forEach(function(key) {
-		if (typeof(pkg[key]) != 'object' || pkg[key] == null) pkg[key] = {}
+		if (!utils.is_object(pkg[key])) pkg[key] = {}
 	});
 	if (typeof(pkg._rev) !== 'string') pkg._rev = '0-0000000000000000'
 }

lib/logger.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-var Logger = require('bunyan');
-var Stream = require('stream');
+var Logger = require('bunyan')
+  , Stream = require('stream')
+  , utils = require('./utils')
 
 function getlvl(x) {
 	if (x < 15) {
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ function print(type, msg, obj, colors) {
 		var _ref = name.split('.');
 		for (var _i = 0; _i < _ref.length; _i++) {
 			var id = _ref[_i];
-			if (typeof str === 'object') {
+			if (utils.is_object(str) || Array.isArray(str)) {
 				str = str[id];
 			} else {
 				str = void 0;

lib/middleware.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports.media = function media(expect) {
 }
 
 module.exports.expect_json = function expect_json(req, res, next) {
-	if (typeof(req.body) !== 'object' || req.body === null) {
+	if (!utils.is_object(req.body)) {
 		return next({
 			status: 400,
 			msg: 'can\'t parse incoming json',

lib/up-storage.js

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-var URL = require('url');
-var request = require('request');
-var UError = require('./error').UserError;
-var mystreams = require('./streams');
-var Logger = require('./logger');
+var URL = require('url')
+  , request = require('request')
+  , UError = require('./error').UserError
+  , mystreams = require('./streams')
+  , Logger = require('./logger')
+  , utils = require('./utils')
 
 //
 // Implements Storage interface
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ Storage.prototype.request = function(options, cb) {
 		uri: uri,
 	}, "making request: '@{method} @{uri}'");
 
-	if (typeof(options.json) === 'object' && options.json != null) {
+	if (utils.is_object(options.json)) {
 		var json = JSON.stringify(options.json);
 		headers['content-type'] = headers['content-type'] || 'application/json';
 	}
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ Storage.prototype.request = function(options, cb) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (typeof(body) === 'object' && body !== null) {
+			if (utils.is_object(body)) {
 				if (body.error) {
 					var error = body.error;
 				}

lib/utils.js

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ module.exports.validate_name = function(name) {
 	}
 }
 
-function is_object(obj) {
-	return typeof(obj) === 'object' && !Array.isArray(obj);
+module.exports.is_object = function(obj) {
+	return typeof(obj) === 'object' && obj !== null && !Array.isArray(obj)
 }
 
 module.exports.validate_metadata = function(object, name) {
-	assert(is_object(object));
+	assert(module.exports.is_object(object));
 	assert.equal(object.name, name);
 	
-	if (!is_object(object['dist-tags'])) {
+	if (!module.exports.is_object(object['dist-tags'])) {
 		object['dist-tags'] = {};
 	}
 	
-	if (!is_object(object['versions'])) {
+	if (!module.exports.is_object(object['versions'])) {
 		object['versions'] = {};
 	}