[Distutils] PyPI index workaround

[Dmitry Trofimov]

Hi,

to have information about available packages, PyCharm IDE currently parses
the PyPI index page (https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=index).
As it is going to be deprecated soon, we are looking for a workaround.

What we need is, making one request, to get the name and the version of all
PyPI packages. Then we cache this information in the IDE (
https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/7e16c042a19767d5f548c84f88cc5edd5f9d1721/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/PyPIPackageUtil.java
).

What official API could you advise us to look at?

Any hint is appreciated.


Best regards,
Dmitry
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