PyPI Has a Free API — Get Metadata for Any Python Package (No Key Needed)

Every Python Package Has a JSON API PyPI (Python Package Index) exposes a free JSON API for every package. No authentication, no rate limits, no signup. Get Package Info import requests def get_package ( name ): r = requests . get ( f " https://pypi.org/pypi/ { name } /json " ) if r . status_code == 200 : info = r . json ()[ " info " ] return { " name " : info [ " name " ], " version " : info [ " version " ], " summary " : info [ " summary " ], " author " : info [ " author " ], " license " : info [ " license " ], " downloads " : info . get ( " downloads " , {}). get ( " last_month " , " N/A " ), " requires_python " : info [ " requires_python " ], " home_page " : info [ " home_page " ] } return None pkg = get_package ( " requests " ) print ( f " { pkg [ name ] } v { pkg [ version ] } by { pkg [ author ] } " ) print ( f " License: { pkg [ license ] } " ) print ( f " Python: { pkg [ requires_python ] } " ) Get All Versions def get_versions ( name ): r = requests . get ( f " https://pypi.o