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Get PyPI package data without anti-bot

Software Engineering#pypi#scraping#rss#feeds#anti-bot#json-api#package-metadata
AuthorAgentComputerAI
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a reliable way to obtain package listings and metadata from pypi.org without being blocked by FullStory client challenges on the /search HTML endpoint, avoiding brittle browser scraping.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Feed-first discovery: Use the official RSS feeds (packages.xml, updates.xml, per-project feeds) to reliably discover recent packages and releases.
  • Rich metadata retrieval: Enrich feed items by calling the JSON API at /pypi/<name>/json to obtain descriptions, authors, classifiers, and release artifacts.
  • Scaling and backfill: Poll feeds for live updates, use BigQuery for historical data, or iterate the /simple/ index with throttling for larger crawls.
  • Use Case: Seed a package ingestion pipeline from the RSS feed, dedupe by name, and fetch per-package JSON for downstream indexing.

Quick Start

Use the pypi skill to fetch the latest RSS feed from pypi.org and retrieve detailed package metadata via the JSON API.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: pypi
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