27 lines
838 B
Python
27 lines
838 B
Python
import urllib.request, urllib.parse
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import ssl, json
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BASE_URL = 'https://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/json/?name={package}'
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def find_package(name):
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"""
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Finds a specific package via the package database.
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It makes a simple web-request, which might be a bit slow.
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"""
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ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
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ssl_context.check_hostname = False
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ssl_context.verify_mode=ssl.CERT_NONE
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response = urllib.request.urlopen(BASE_URL.format(package=name), context=ssl_context)
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data = response.read().decode('UTF-8')
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return json.loads(data)
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def find_packages(*names):
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"""
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This function returns the search results for many packages.
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The function itself is rather slow, so consider not sending to
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many packages to the search query.
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"""
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result = {}
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for package in names:
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result[package] = find_package(package)
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return result |