Package registries
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Version, dependency, and download lookups for the major package registries. All are keyless JSON.
| Ecosystem | Latest version | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| npm | https://registry.npmjs.org/PACKAGE/latest |
Full document at /PACKAGE (large for popular packages). Weekly downloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/PACKAGE. |
| PyPI | https://pypi.org/pypi/PACKAGE/json |
info.version is latest; releases lists all. Per-version: /pypi/PACKAGE/VERSION/json. |
| crates.io | https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/NAME |
Requires a User-Agent with contact info. crate.max_stable_version. |
| Go | https://proxy.golang.org/MODULE/@latest |
Module path must be lower-cased with ! escapes for capitals. /@v/list lists versions. |
| RubyGems | https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/NAME.json |
version is latest. Versions: /api/v1/versions/NAME.json. |
| Maven Central | https://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:GROUP+AND+a:ARTIFACT&rows=1&wt=json |
latestVersion in the first doc. |
| NuGet | https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/PACKAGE/index.json |
Package ID lower-cased; versions array. |
| Docker Hub | https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/NAMESPACE/IMAGE/tags?page_size=25 |
Use library as the namespace for official images. |
| Homebrew | https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/NAME.json |
versions.stable. |
Tips
- Cache aggressively. Registry metadata changes rarely, and popular npm documents are megabytes.
- Record the exact version string and the fetch date on the task page; "latest" is not an answer.
- Vulnerability data: the OSV API,
POST https://api.osv.dev/v1/querywith{"package":{"name":"...","ecosystem":"npm"},"version":"..."}, is keyless.
Verified examples
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