pip_search

Wrapping the needs of a "pip search" command necessity through PyPi.org

Installation & Usage

Install with pip install pip_search

Use with pip_search anything

You can specify sorting options :

• pip_search -s name
• pip_search -s version
• pip_search -s released

To use as the traditional pip search <keywords> method, add this alias to your .zshrc, .bashrc, .bash_profile, etc.

alias pip='function _pip(){
    if [ $1 = "search" ]; then
        pip_search "$2";
    else pip "$@";
    fi;
};_pip'

For fish users, run on fish shell:

function pip --wraps="pip"
    set command $argv[1]
    set -e argv[1]
    switch "$command"
        case 'search'
            pip_search $argv
        case '*'
            command pip $command $argv
    end
end

funcsave pip

Then run with pip search

Hold the command or ctrl key to click on the folder icons as a hyperlink.

Dependencies

• bs4
• rich
• requests

Updates log

• 0.0.12

  • Updated to comply with new PyPi.org format

• 0.0.11

  • Added date format options

• 0.0.10

  • Added sorting options
  • Changes thanks to @dsoares and @genevera

• 0.0.9

  • Hotfix for Python 3.8 to 3.10 compatibility
  • Changes thanks to @jiyeqian

• 0.0.8 (deleted for compatibility issues with python 3.8 to 3.10)

  • Updated for better compatibility and better display
  • Changes thanks to @RCristiano

• 0.0.7

  • Merge from pip_search_color, colorized output with hyperlink features
  • Changes thanks to @kkatayama

• 0.0.6

  • Parsing with beautiful soup, allowing results with one package to be parsed
  • Changes thanks to @nsultova

• 0.0.4

  • Adding multiple keywords support
  • Adding usage info
  • Changes thanks to @Maxz44