• CheeseShop

CheeseShop is a secret code name for the Python Package Index also known as PyPI and accessible from

• http://pypi.org/

Further information

• CheeseShopTutorial explains how to use Package Index and upload your packages

• PyPIJSON describes JSON interface to access PyPI from applications

• CheeseShopXmlRpc describes XML-RPC interface to access PyPI from applications

• CheeseShopDev contains all necessary information to help PyPI get better

• PyPI source on GitHub

• PyPiImplementations page lists alternative implementations of Python package catalogs

Trivia

The secret code name refers to the Cheese Shop sketch performed and recorded by John Cleese and Michael Palin on 7 January 1972.

Whether that name was chosen because CPAN contains so many packages at that time remains in the dark zone of rumours and wild speculation.

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