Re: API for uploading packages to PyPI

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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Ronald Oussoren <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> On 22 Mar, 2013, at 8:37, anatoly techtonik <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I understand that this will make PyPI a potential target for automated
> spam bots, but still it will be awesome to have an API to upload packages
> to PyPI.
>
> For example, I have a code that extract all necessary meta data for the
> package from the source file itself. It is even able to generate setup.py
> from this data. https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/astdump The next logical
> step in this chain is to teach it to upload stuff to PyPI.
>
> Now I thought that this setup.py is an unnecessary complication. What I
> need, ideally is just upload single .py file, or a JSON and a .tar.gz FWIW.
> Is there a straightforward API for things like that?
>
>
> Several APIs are documented on pages linked directly from the PyPI
> homepage (the Infrastructure box)
>

Thanks for the pointer.

Some links are broken. I added redirects for wiki pages, but it will be
better to fix links too.
https://bitbucket.org/loewis/pypi/pull-request/4

Among those it seems that only OAuth API can be used to upload stuff.
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anatoly t.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On F=
ri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Ronald Oussoren <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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<div>On 22 Mar, 2013, at 8:37, anatoly techtonik &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tech=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div>=
<br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I und=
erstand that this will make PyPI a potential target for automated spam bots=
, but still it will be awesome to have an API to upload packages to PyPI.</=
div>

<div><br></div>

<div>For example, I have a code that extract all necessary meta data for th=
e package from the source file itself. It is even able to generate setup.py=
 from this data.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/astdump" t=
arget=3D"_blank">https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/astdump</a>=C2=A0The next =
logical step in this chain is to teach it to upload stuff to PyPI.</div>



<div><br></div><div>Now I thought that this setup.py is an unnecessary comp=
lication. What I need, ideally is just upload single .py file, or a JSON an=
d a .tar.gz FWIW. Is there a straightforward API for things like that?=C2=
=A0</div>

</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div>Several APIs are documented o=
n pages linked directly from the PyPI homepage (the Infrastructure box)</di=
v></div></blockquote><div class=3D"gmail_quote" style><br></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style>

Thanks for the pointer.</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote" style><br></div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote" style>Some links are broken. I added redirects for =
wiki pages, but it will be better to fix links too.</div><a href=3D"https:/=
/bitbucket.org/loewis/pypi/pull-request/4">https://bitbucket.org/loewis/pyp=
i/pull-request/4</a><br>

<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Among those=
 it seems that only OAuth API can be used to upload stuff.<br clear=3D"all"=
><div>--=C2=A0<br>anatoly t.</div>=C2=A0<br></div></div></div></div>

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