Search returning the same set of results for every search

[dat-linux]

Every search is returning the same set of results.

> library(pkgsearch)
> ps("survival")
- "survival" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19749 packages in 0 seconds -
  #     package      version by                           @ title                                                    
  1 100 ONETr        1.0.3   Eric Knudsen                7y Efficient Authenticated Interaction with the O*NET API   
  2 100 FORTLS       1.2.0   Juan Alberto Molina-Valero  1M Automatic Processing of Terrestrial-Based Technologies...
  3 100 NScluster    1.3.5   Masami Saga                 2y Simulation and Estimation of the Neyman-Scott Type Spa...
  4 100 hoardeR      0.9.4.2 Daniel Fischer              4y Collect and Retrieve Annotation Data for Various Genom...
  5 100 KoboconnectR 1.2.1   Asitav  Sen                 4M Download Data from Kobotoolbox to R                      
  6 100 iprior       0.7.3   Haziq Jamil                 4y Regression Modelling using I-Priors                      
  7 100 frailtyHL    2.3     Maengseok Noh               3y Frailty Models via Hierarchical Likelihood               
  8 100 io           0.3.2   David J. H. Shih            3y A Unified Framework for Input-Output Operations in R     
  9 100 MonoPoly     0.3.10  Berwin A. Turlach           4y Functions to Fit Monotone Polynomials                    
 10 100 HDclust      1.0.3   Jia Li                      4y Clustering High Dimensional Data with Hidden Markov Mo...
> 
> ps("crime")
- "crime" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19749 packages in 0.001 seconds -
  #     package      version by                           @ title                                                    
  1 100 ONETr        1.0.3   Eric Knudsen                7y Efficient Authenticated Interaction with the O*NET API   
  2 100 FORTLS       1.2.0   Juan Alberto Molina-Valero  1M Automatic Processing of Terrestrial-Based Technologies...
  3 100 NScluster    1.3.5   Masami Saga                 2y Simulation and Estimation of the Neyman-Scott Type Spa...
  4 100 hoardeR      0.9.4.2 Daniel Fischer              4y Collect and Retrieve Annotation Data for Various Genom...
  5 100 KoboconnectR 1.2.1   Asitav  Sen                 4M Download Data from Kobotoolbox to R                      
  6 100 iprior       0.7.3   Haziq Jamil                 4y Regression Modelling using I-Priors                      
  7 100 frailtyHL    2.3     Maengseok Noh               3y Frailty Models via Hierarchical Likelihood               
  8 100 io           0.3.2   David J. H. Shih            3y A Unified Framework for Input-Output Operations in R     
  9 100 MonoPoly     0.3.10  Berwin A. Turlach           4y Functions to Fit Monotone Polynomials                    
 10 100 HDclust      1.0.3   Jia Li                      4y Clustering High Dimensional Data with Hidden Markov Mo...
> 
> ps("housing")
- "housing" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19749 packages in 0.001 seconds -
  #     package      version by                           @ title                                                    
  1 100 ONETr        1.0.3   Eric Knudsen                7y Efficient Authenticated Interaction with the O*NET API   
  2 100 FORTLS       1.2.0   Juan Alberto Molina-Valero  1M Automatic Processing of Terrestrial-Based Technologies...
  3 100 NScluster    1.3.5   Masami Saga                 2y Simulation and Estimation of the Neyman-Scott Type Spa...
  4 100 hoardeR      0.9.4.2 Daniel Fischer              4y Collect and Retrieve Annotation Data for Various Genom...
  5 100 KoboconnectR 1.2.1   Asitav  Sen                 4M Download Data from Kobotoolbox to R                      
  6 100 iprior       0.7.3   Haziq Jamil                 4y Regression Modelling using I-Priors                      
  7 100 frailtyHL    2.3     Maengseok Noh               3y Frailty Models via Hierarchical Likelihood               
  8 100 io           0.3.2   David J. H. Shih            3y A Unified Framework for Input-Output Operations in R     
  9 100 MonoPoly     0.3.10  Berwin A. Turlach           4y Functions to Fit Monotone Polynomials                    
 10 100 HDclust      1.0.3   Jia Li                      4y Clustering High Dimensional Data with Hidden Markov Mo...

[systemnova]

Just wanted to second this issue. Missing this package almost every day 😄
Has anyone found any workarounds, or similar packages?

[dat-linux]

Try webtools::dsearch(). It no longer relies on this package. Admittedly a more rudimentary search, but still useful.

https://datlinux.com/webtools/

[maelle]

see also https://ropensci.org/blog/2023/02/27/runiverse-discovering/ (not limited to CRAN)

[dat-linux]

see also https://ropensci.org/blog/2023/02/27/runiverse-discovering/ (not limited to CRAN)

Interesting.

[the8thday]

the problem is still exist...

[claudiakapp]

I have the same problem...

[gwd666]

weird ... how can this pkg have 32k downloads per month (based on gh front/stats page) - if it does not work?