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Crates Io Sparse Index Example

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Crates Io Sparse Index Example is an example object payload from crates.io, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse_ndjson_excerpt

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://index.crates.io/se/rd/serde",
    "headers": {
      "User-Agent": "cargo 1.82.0",
      "Accept": "application/json",
      "If-None-Match": "\"abc123\""
    }
  },
  "response_ndjson_excerpt": [
    {
      "name": "serde",
      "vers": "1.0.0",
      "deps": [
        { "name": "serde_derive", "req": "^1.0", "features": [], "optional": true, "default_features": true, "target": null, "kind": "normal" }
      ],
      "cksum": "9a14e3f80e9b3a3f2f00d6e0f5b5c6f7a4d3c1b2a09182736455463728190a0b",
      "features": { "default": ["std"], "std": [], "derive": ["serde_derive"] },
      "yanked": false,
      "v": 2,
      "rust_version": "1.31"
    },
    {
      "name": "serde",
      "vers": "1.0.219",
      "deps": [
        { "name": "serde_derive", "req": "=1.0.219", "features": [], "optional": true, "default_features": true, "target": null, "kind": "normal" }
      ],
      "cksum": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
      "features": { "default": ["std"], "std": [], "derive": ["serde_derive"] },
      "features2": { "derive": ["dep:serde_derive"] },
      "yanked": false,
      "v": 2,
      "rust_version": "1.31"
    }
  ]
}

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