pip search

Get information about packages from PyPI. This was inspired from a project suggestion by u/appinv in the r/Python project ideas megathread with a little hint of my own boredom to back it up.

Installation

cd pip-search
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

import pipsearch

# initialize the PyPI class
pypi = pipsearch.PyPI()

# get a specific package
package = pypi.search('requests')

# output the package data
print(package.name) # requests
print(package.pip_command) # pip install requests
print(package.summary) # Python HTTP for Humans.

# get a random package
package = pypi.random()

TODO

• Add more information to return about the packages
  • Add Github repository data
• Add more search queries to get more packages
• Add command-line arguments