Searching pypi.org, is there an 'advanced search'?
MRAB
python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Sat Jul 17 21:40:21 EDT 2021
On 2021-07-17 13:01, Chris Green wrote:
> Every time I go to pypi.org to look for a neat utility or something I
> curse the stupid search.
>
> Is there really no better search available? Apart from anything else
> it appears to OR the elements together so, for example, I wanted to
> search for programs/libraries that will allow me to access Google
> Contacts:-
>
> Putting the words Google and Contacts in the search box produces
> more than 10000 hits.
>
> Putting just Google in the search box produces 8,629 projects.
>
> So, it would appear the terms are OR'ed together, surely OR'ing terms
> in a search (by default) went out with the ark!
>
> When I put 'Google contacts' in the search box I want projects that
> have both 'Google' AND 'Contacts' in their description somewhere!
> (... and, no, I tried 'Google AND Contacts', still more than 10000
> results).
>
> pypi.org is a wonderful resource but its size now demands a better
> search engine.
>
There's always Google. I find that the search terms:
"google contacts" pypi
finds some results.
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