Packagist

Packagist Metadata API

Composer v2 static metadata and change tracking.

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Operations 3

GET /p2/{vendor}/{package}.json Get Package Metadata (Composer v2) #

GET /p2/{vendor}/{package}~dev.json Get Package Dev Metadata (Composer v2) #

GET /metadata/changes.json Get Metadata Changes #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Packagist Metadata API
  description: 'The Packagist API exposes the PHP Composer package registry. Use it to list, search,

    and inspect packages; retrieve Composer v2 metadata for resolvers; track changes;

    fetch download statistics; query the security advisory database; and create or

    update package entries (authenticated).

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Packagist
    url: https://packagist.org
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/composer/packagist/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://packagist.org
  description: Packagist Application API
- url: https://repo.packagist.org
  description: Composer v2 Static Metadata Mirror
tags:
- name: Metadata
  description: Composer v2 static metadata and change tracking.
paths:
  /p2/{vendor}/{package}.json:
    get:
      operationId: getPackageMetadataV2
      summary: Get Package Metadata (Composer v2)
      description: 'Static Composer v2 metadata. Preferred endpoint for dependency resolvers — served

        from repo.packagist.org with long-lived caching.

        '
      tags:
      - Metadata
      parameters:
      - name: vendor
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: package
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Composer v2 package metadata.
  /p2/{vendor}/{package}~dev.json:
    get:
      operationId: getPackageMetadataV2Dev
      summary: Get Package Dev Metadata (Composer v2)
      description: Composer v2 metadata for dev branches (development releases).
      tags:
      - Metadata
      parameters:
      - name: vendor
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: package
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Composer v2 dev metadata.
  /metadata/changes.json:
    get:
      operationId: getMetadataChanges
      summary: Get Metadata Changes
      description: Stream package metadata changes since a given timestamp. Retained for 24 hours only.
      tags:
      - Metadata
      parameters:
      - name: since
        in: query
        description: Unix timestamp (milliseconds) to fetch changes since.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of metadata changes.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  actions:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        type:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                          - update
                          - delete
                        package:
                          type: string
                        time:
                          type: integer
                          format: int64
                  timestamp:
                    type: integer
                    format: int64
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: username:apiToken

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