PyPI's XML-RPC methods

PyPI supports:

package_releases(package_name):

• Returns list of release versions, as strings, e.g., ['0.1', '0.2b', '0.2'], in chronological order.

package_stable_version(package_name):

• Returns packages.stable_version; the current stable version of the package. E.g., the string '0.3'

package_urls(package_name, version):

• A list of {'url': url, 'packagetype': packagetype}, like [{'url':

  'http://svn.pythonpaste.org/Paste/trunk', 'packagetype': 'svn_trunk'}, {'url': 'http://pythonpaste.org/Paste-0.1.tar.gz', 'packagetype': 'sdist'}]

package_data(package_name, version):

• A dictionary that summarizes the releases table, plus release_classifiers. E.g.: { { {

  • {'name': 'OpenRelease',

    • 'version': '0.1.2', 'author': 'Richard Harris',

      'author_email': 'author@address.example', 'maintainer': , 'maintainer_email': , 'homepage': 'http://open-release.sourceforge.net', 'download_url': 'http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/projects/open-release/OpenRelease-0.1.2.tar.gz', 'description': "OpenRelease is a Python module which

• automates the packaging, release and announcement of Open Source software. The pack class creates packages, which are defined by packer classes, manages versioning, and brings up your notes and changelog in

  an editor. The release class uploads the package to SourceForge, releases it through QRS, announces it on freshmeat and (if appropriate) on pypi.",

  • 'license': 'GNU General Public License', 'platform': 'any', 'classifiers': [

    'Development Status

    4 - Beta',

    'Environment

    Console',

    'Intended Audience

    Developers',

    'License

    OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',

    'Natural Language

    English',

    'Operating System

    OS Independent',

    'Programming Language

    Python',

    'Topic

    Software Development'],

    'summary': , 'description_html': , 'keywords': , }

} } }

• All keys are required. Missing values are given as 'UNKNOWN'.

search(field_specifiers, [operator='and']):

• field_specifiers is a dictionary of {fieldname: searchvalue}. Returns a list like [(name, version)] of matching non-hidden records. The search values are case-insensitive and match any substring. The second argument indicates if all the field specifiers are ANDed or ORed together. The value defaults to 'and' and is case-insensitive.