JSON API for PyPi - how to list packages?

Question

There is a JSON API for PyPI which allows getting data for packages:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi//json
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/

        

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this is to use the simple index at PyPI which lists all packages without overhead. You can then request the JSON of each package individually by performing a GET request to the URLs mentioned in your question.