Packagist

Packagist Search API

Search the Packagist registry.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /search.json Search Packages #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://packagist.org/apidoc

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/openapi/packagist-search-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/json-schema/packagist-package-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/json-schema/packagist-security-advisory-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/json-structure/packagist-package-structure.json

Other Resources

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BaseURL
https://repo.packagist.org/
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/json-ld/packagist-context.jsonld
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SpectralRules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/rules/packagist-rules.yml
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/packagist-vocabulary.yml
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/examples/packagist-search-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/examples/packagist-get-package-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packagist/refs/heads/main/examples/packagist-security-advisories-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

packagist-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Packagist Metadata Search 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: Search
  description: Search the Packagist registry.
paths:
  /search.json:
    get:
      operationId: searchPackages
      summary: Search Packages
      description: Search Packagist by name, tag, or type. Results are paginated.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Free-text search query.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: tags
        in: query
        description: Filter results by tag.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter results by Composer package type.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        description: Results per page (default 15, max 100).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 15
          maximum: 100
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/PackageSummary'
                  total:
                    type: integer
                  next:
                    type: string
components:
  schemas:
    PackageSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        repository:
          type: string
          format: uri
        downloads:
          type: integer
        favers:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: username:apiToken