search-pypi

search pypi.org because pip search has been broken for some time.

$ pip search some-package
ERROR: XMLRPC request failed [code: -32500]
RuntimeError: PyPI's XMLRPC API is currently disabled due to unmanageable load and will be deprecated in the near future. See https://status.python.org/ for more information.

• search up to the first ten pages of a search result

Minimum Requirements

• Python >= 3.6.5
• Modules
• • see requirements.txt

Operating System

• Tested in MacOS and Ubuntu

Installation

1. git clone https://github.com/gargolito/search-pypi
2. cd search-pypi
3. pip install -r requirements.txt
4. make sure the script is executable by you: chmod u+x search-pypi.py

Once requirements are met, usage:

./search-pypi.py yoursearchword

Optional Installation

• if you don't already have a scripts directory in your user environment (tsk, tsk) and you want to run the script from anywhere:

mkdir ~/bin
cp search-pypi.py ~/bin

• add ~/bin to your shell environment (i'm a bash user so...)

open your ~/.bashrc in your favorite editor and add your ~/bin directory to PATH
export PATH=~/bin:${PATH}

• You can also add an alias in your bashrc to make it easier to run. (thanks @tagref)

alias pipsearch='~/bin/search-pypi.py'

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