crates.io Crates API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: .io Web Crates API
  description: 'The crates.io Registry Web API exposes endpoints used by Cargo and the crates.io website for searching, publishing, yanking, and managing crate ownership. The API is hosted at https://crates.io under the /api/v1 prefix and is the canonical implementation of the Cargo Registry Web API specification.

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  version: v1
  contact:
    name: crates.io Team
    email: help@crates.io
    url: https://crates.io
  license:
    name: Cargo Documentation (MIT/Apache-2.0)
    url: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/registry-web-api.html
servers:
- url: https://crates.io
  description: crates.io Production
security:
- ApiTokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Crates
  description: Search and manage Rust crates
paths:
  /api/v1/crates:
    get:
      summary: Search Crates
      description: 'Search the crates.io registry for crates by query string. Returns a paginated list of matching crates with summary metadata. No authentication required.

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      operationId: searchCrates
      tags:
      - Crates
      security: []
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: The search query string.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        description: Number of results per page (1-100, default 10).
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number to return.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: Sort order (alpha, downloads, recent-downloads, recent-updates, new).
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - alpha
          - downloads
          - recent-downloads
          - recent-updates
          - new
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of crates matching the query.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrateSearchResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /api/v1/crates/new:
    put:
      summary: Publish A New Crate Version
      description: 'Publish a new crate or crate version. The request body is a binary envelope containing a 32-bit little-endian length, the JSON metadata, a 32-bit little-endian length, and the .crate tarball.

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      operationId: publishCrate
      tags:
      - Crates
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
              description: 32-bit LE metadata length, JSON metadata, 32-bit LE crate length, crate tarball.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The crate was published successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublishResponse'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /api/v1/crates/{crate}:
    get:
      summary: Get Crate Details
      description: Retrieve full metadata for a single crate including versions, owners, and keywords.
      operationId: getCrate
      tags:
      - Crates
      security: []
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CrateName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Crate detail document.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrateDetailResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
        next_page:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        prev_page:
          type: string
          nullable: true
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - errors
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              detail:
                type: string
    CrateDetailResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - crate
      properties:
        crate:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrateSummary'
        versions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Version'
        keywords:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Keyword'
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
    CrateSummary:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - max_version
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        max_version:
          type: string
        max_stable_version:
          type: string
        newest_version:
          type: string
        downloads:
          type: integer
        recent_downloads:
          type: integer
        repository:
          type: string
        documentation:
          type: string
        homepage:
          type: string
        keywords:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Keyword:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        keyword:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        crates_cnt:
          type: integer
    PublishResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        warnings:
          type: object
          properties:
            invalid_categories:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            invalid_badges:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            other:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
    CrateSearchResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - crates
      - meta
      properties:
        crates:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrateSummary'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchMeta'
    Version:
      type: object
      required:
      - num
      - crate
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        crate:
          type: string
        num:
          type: string
        dl_path:
          type: string
        readme_path:
          type: string
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        downloads:
          type: integer
        features:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        yanked:
          type: boolean
        license:
          type: string
        rust_version:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        crate_size:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
    Category:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        category:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        crates_cnt:
          type: integer
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    CrateName:
      name: crate
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The crate name (e.g. serde, tokio, rand).
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error envelope returned by the crates.io API.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiTokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'A crates.io API token created at https://crates.io/settings/tokens. The raw token is sent in the Authorization header without a Bearer prefix.

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