Library types in Mend SCA

Overview

In Mend SCA, multiple types of libraries (dependencies) are supported. It is often useful to know which kind of library you’re dealing with. This article describes where to find this information, and enumerates the possible library types in Mend SCA.

Use Case

When viewing libraries in the Mend UI or using any of the “Get Library” API calls, the “Type” field is populated:

Getting It Done

Here is the list of all possible values of “type” for a library in Mend: