PyPI Downloads API
Retrieve aggregate download statistics and time series data for Python packages.
Retrieve aggregate download statistics and time series data for Python packages.
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: PyPI Index Downloads API
description: The PyPI Index API implements the PEP 503 (HTML) and PEP 691 (JSON) simple repository standards for discovering and downloading Python packages. It provides a machine-readable index of all registered projects and their available distribution files. The API is available in both HTML and JSON formats, with JSON recommended for new integrations. This is the primary API that package installers like pip use to resolve and download dependencies from the Python Package Index.
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: PyPI Support
url: https://pypi.org/help/
termsOfService: https://pypi.org/policy/terms-of-use/
servers:
- url: https://pypi.org
description: Production Server
tags:
- name: Downloads
description: Retrieve aggregate download statistics and time series data for Python packages.
paths:
/packages/{package}/recent:
get:
operationId: getRecentDownloads
summary: Get recent download counts
description: Retrieves the aggregate download quantities for the last day, last week, and last month for the specified package. This provides a quick overview of recent download activity without a full time series.
tags:
- Downloads
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PackageName'
- name: period
in: query
required: false
description: Filter to a specific time period. If omitted, returns all three periods.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- day
- week
- month
responses:
'200':
description: Recent download counts retrieved successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RecentDownloads'
'404':
description: Package not found
/packages/{package}/overall:
get:
operationId: getOverallDownloads
summary: Get overall download time series
description: Retrieves the aggregate daily download time series for the specified package, with or without mirror downloads included. Time series data is retained for 180 days.
tags:
- Downloads
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PackageName'
- name: mirrors
in: query
required: false
description: Filter by whether downloads from known mirrors are included. Use true to include only mirror downloads, false to exclude them.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- 'true'
- 'false'
responses:
'200':
description: Overall download time series retrieved successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DownloadTimeSeries'
'404':
description: Package not found
/packages/{package}/python_major:
get:
operationId: getDownloadsByPythonMajor
summary: Get downloads by Python major version
description: Retrieves the aggregate daily download time series broken down by Python major version number (e.g., 2 or 3). Time series data is retained for 180 days.
tags:
- Downloads
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PackageName'
- name: version
in: query
required: false
description: Filter to a specific Python major version. If omitted, returns all versions including null.
schema:
type: string
examples:
- '2'
- '3'
responses:
'200':
description: Downloads by Python major version retrieved successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DownloadTimeSeries'
'404':
description: Package not found
/packages/{package}/python_minor:
get:
operationId: getDownloadsByPythonMinor
summary: Get downloads by Python minor version
description: Retrieves the aggregate daily download time series broken down by Python minor version number (e.g., 2.7 or 3.11). Time series data is retained for 180 days.
tags:
- Downloads
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PackageName'
- name: version
in: query
required: false
description: Filter to a specific Python minor version. If omitted, returns all versions including null.
schema:
type: string
examples:
- '2.7'
- '3.11'
- '3.12'
responses:
'200':
description: Downloads by Python minor version retrieved successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DownloadTimeSeries'
'404':
description: Package not found
/packages/{package}/system:
get:
operationId: getDownloadsBySystem
summary: Get downloads by operating system
description: Retrieves the aggregate daily download time series broken down by operating system (Windows, Linux, Darwin, or other). Time series data is retained for 180 days.
tags:
- Downloads
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PackageName'
- name: os
in: query
required: false
description: Filter to a specific operating system. If omitted, returns all operating systems including null.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- windows
- linux
- darwin
- other
responses:
'200':
description: Downloads by operating system retrieved successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DownloadTimeSeries'
'404':
description: Package not found
components:
parameters:
PackageName:
name: package
in: path
required: true
description: The name of the Python package to retrieve download statistics for.
schema:
type: string
examples:
- requests
- numpy
schemas:
DownloadTimeSeries:
type: object
description: Daily download time series data, optionally broken down by category.
properties:
data:
type: array
description: Array of daily download count records.
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DownloadRecord'
package:
type: string
description: The name of the package.
type:
type: string
description: The type of statistics returned, such as overall_downloads, python_major_downloads, python_minor_downloads, or system_downloads.
RecentDownloads:
type: object
description: Aggregate download counts for the last day, week, and month.
properties:
data:
type: object
description: The download count data.
properties:
last_day:
type: integer
nullable: true
description: Total downloads in the last day.
last_week:
type: integer
nullable: true
description: Total downloads in the last week.
last_month:
type: integer
nullable: true
description: Total downloads in the last month.
package:
type: string
description: The name of the package.
type:
type: string
description: The type of statistics returned.
examples:
- recent_downloads
DownloadRecord:
type: object
description: A single daily download count record.
properties:
category:
type: string
nullable: true
description: The category for this record, such as a Python version number, operating system name, or mirror inclusion flag. Null when no category breakdown is applied.
date:
type: string
format: date
description: The date of the download count in YYYY-MM-DD format.
downloads:
type: integer
description: The number of downloads on this date for this category.
externalDocs:
description: PyPI Index API Documentation
url: https://docs.pypi.org/api/index-api/