Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

PyPI JSON and Index APIs

Every public project and release on pypi.org, as live API responses

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless JSON and Index APIs.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: Custom. Uploaders grant the PSF and all other users of the site a royalty-free, nonexclusive licence to reproduce, distribute and publish Content not under an Included License; Content under an Included License follows that package's own licence. No single licence covers the whole index. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Not stated; credit PyPI and follow each package's own licence.

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// Overview

PyPI JSON and Index APIs

The Python Package Index publishes keyless JSON and Index (Simple) APIs for package metadata, release files, download URLs and hashes, plus project RSS feeds. PyPI's docs say "PyPI has several API endpoints and public datasets, each of which is referenced in the table of contents for this hierarchy."

Coverage

Every public project and release on pypi.org, as live API responses. PyPI also documents BigQuery download-statistics datasets; those need a Google Cloud account and are a separate access path, not this source.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#python#packages#open-source#supply-chain#api

Verdict

Package metadata for dependency research, supply-chain checks and ecosystem analysis. Licence: Custom: PyPI's Terms of Use say "If I upload Content other than under an Included License, then I grant the PSF and all other users of the web site an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, perform, and publish the Content, including in digital form." Content under an Included License follows that package's own licence, so there is no single licence for the whole index. Maintainer usernames appear in project metadata. Package files can contain malicious code, as on any public registry; this entry lists the metadata APIs. Rate limits: PyPI's docs say "there is currently no rate limiting of PyPI APIs at the edge." Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless JSON and Index APIs.
Rate limit	No edge rate limiting stated; PyPI asks for a unique User-Agent, caching and serial requests for large volumes, and may block irresponsible consumers. XML-RPC may be rate limited and should not be used for new integrations.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	Custom. Uploaders grant the PSF and all other users of the site a royalty-free, nonexclusive licence to reproduce, distribute and publish Content not under an Included License; Content under an Included License follows that package's own licence. No single licence covers the whole index. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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Quick facts

Provider: docs.pypi.org
Type: Dataset
Category: Research & Grey Literature
Domain: Research & Grey Literature
Auth: none
Free tier: Free keyless JSON and Index APIs.
Rate limit: No edge rate limiting stated; PyPI asks for a unique User-Agent, caching and serial requests for large volumes, and may block irresponsible consumers. XML-RPC may be rate limited and should not be used for new integrations.
License: Custom (see note)
License note: Custom. Uploaders grant the PSF and all other users of the site a royalty-free, nonexclusive licence to reproduce, distribute and publish Content not under an Included License; Content under an Included License follows that package's own licence. No single licence covers the whole index. Signal Lab links only.
Verified: Nov 13, 2026

Ask your agent

Fetch https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/catalog.json, find slug "pypi-json-api", and write a Python loader that pulls data from PyPI JSON and Index APIs into a pandas DataFrame.  Respect rate limits and follow provider terms.

// Full record · catalog.json

name: PyPI JSON and Index APIs
slug: pypi-json-api
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/pypi-json-api
providerUrl: https://docs.pypi.org/api/json/
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless JSON and Index APIs.
rateLimits: No edge rate limiting stated; PyPI asks for a unique User-Agent, caching and serial requests for large volumes, and may block irresponsible consumers. XML-RPC may be rate limited and should not be used for new integrations.
docsUrl: https://docs.pypi.org/api/json/
coverage: Every public project and release on pypi.org, as live API responses. PyPI also documents BigQuery download-statistics datasets; those need a Google Cloud account and are a separate access path, not this source.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://docs.pypi.org/api/
https://docs.pypi.org/api/json/
https://pypi.org/pypi/requests/json
https://policies.python.org/pypi.org/Terms-of-Use/
tasks: research-grey-literature
python
packages
open-source
supply-chain
api
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://policies.python.org/pypi.org/Terms-of-Use/
licenseNote: Custom. Uploaders grant the PSF and all other users of the site a royalty-free, nonexclusive licence to reproduce, distribute and publish Content not under an Included License; Content under an Included License follows that package's own licence. No single licence covers the whole index. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Not stated; credit PyPI and follow each package's own licence.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pypi-json-api"
    }
  }
}

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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