Stats API#

PyPI offers a JSON stats endpoint via a Accept: application/json GET request. Without the Accept header set, you will be returned a HTML page.

Example Client: https://github.com/cooperlees/pypistats

Project#

GET /stats/#

Returns statistics in JSON format. This includes: - Total size of PyPI packages in bytes - Top 100 packages + their size in bytes

Example Request:

  • curl -H “Accept: application/json” https://pypi.org/stats/

GET /stats HTTP/1.1
Host: pypi.org
Accept: application/json

Example response:

{
  "top_packages": {
    "CodeIntel": {
      "size": 23767329521
    },
    "Fiona": {
      "size": 6209535709
    },
    "FlexGet": {
      "size": 4387002448
    },
    "...": "..."
  },
  "total_packages_size": 23965450269
}
Status Codes: