Inada Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com> added the comment: You are misreading the error message.
RuntimeError: PyPI's XMLRPC API is currently disabled due to unmanageable load and will be deprecated in the near future. See https://status.python.org/ for more information.
This error message says "PyPI's XMLRPC API" is disabled and will be deprecated. It doesn't say `pip search` command is disabled and will be deprecated. Removing or reimplement `pip search` is discussed in this issue: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5216 Anyway, I am +1 to remove it from the tutorial. ---------- nosy: +methane _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43777> _______________________________________