PyPI API (FREE)

This is the API documentation for PyPI Packages.

WARNING: This API is used by the PyPI package manager client and is generally not meant for manual consumption.

For instructions on how to upload and install PyPI packages from the GitLab package registry, see the PyPI package registry documentation.

NOTE: These endpoints do not adhere to the standard API authentication methods. See the PyPI package registry documentation for details on which headers and token types are supported.

Download a package file from a group

Introduced in GitLab 13.12.

Download a PyPI package file. The simple API normally supplies this URL.

GET groups/:id/packages/pypi/files/:sha256/:file_identifier

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	The ID or full path of the group.
`sha256`	string	yes	The PyPI package file's sha256 checksum.
`file_identifier`	string	yes	The PyPI package file's name.

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/packages/pypi/files/5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz"

To write the output to a file:

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/packages/pypi/files/5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz" >> my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz

This writes the downloaded file to my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz in the current directory.

Group level simple API entry point

Introduced in GitLab 13.12.

Returns the package descriptor as an HTML file:

GET groups/:id/packages/pypi/simple/:package_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	The ID or full path of the group.
`package_name`	string	yes	The name of the package.

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/packages/pypi/simple/my.pypi.package"

Example response:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Links for my.pypi.package</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Links for my.pypi.package</h1>
    <a href="https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/packages/pypi/files/5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff/my.pypi.package-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff" data-requires-python="&gt;=3.6">my.pypi.package-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl</a><br><a href="https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/packages/pypi/files/9s9w01b0bcd52b709ec052084e33a5517ffca96f7728ddd9f8866a30cdf76f2/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz#sha256=9s9w011b0bcd52b709ec052084e33a5517ffca96f7728ddd9f8866a30cdf76f2" data-requires-python="&gt;=3.6">my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz</a><br>
  </body>
</html>

To write the output to a file:

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/packages/pypi/simple/my.pypi.package" >> simple.html

This writes the downloaded file to simple.html in the current directory.

Download a package file from a project

Introduced in GitLab 12.10.

Download a PyPI package file. The simple API normally supplies this URL.

GET projects/:id/packages/pypi/files/:sha256/:file_identifier

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	The ID or full path of the project.
`sha256`	string	yes	PyPI package file sha256 check sum.
`file_identifier`	string	yes	The PyPI package filename.

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi/files/5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz"

To write the output to a file:

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi/files/5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz" >> my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz

This writes the downloaded file to my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz in the current directory.

Project-level simple API entry point

Introduced in GitLab 12.10.

Returns the package descriptor as an HTML file:

GET projects/:id/packages/pypi/simple/:package_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	The ID or full path of the project.
`package_name`	string	yes	The name of the package.

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi/simple/my.pypi.package"

Example response:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Links for my.pypi.package</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Links for my.pypi.package</h1>
    <a href="https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi/files/5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff/my.pypi.package-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=5y57017232013c8ac80647f4ca153k3726f6cba62d055cd747844ed95b3c65ff" data-requires-python="&gt;=3.6">my.pypi.package-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl</a><br><a href="https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi/files/9s9w01b0bcd52b709ec052084e33a5517ffca96f7728ddd9f8866a30cdf76f2/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz#sha256=9s9w011b0bcd52b709ec052084e33a5517ffca96f7728ddd9f8866a30cdf76f2" data-requires-python="&gt;=3.6">my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz</a><br>
  </body>
</html>

To write the output to a file:

curl --user <username>:<personal_access_token> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi/simple/my.pypi.package" >> simple.html

This writes the downloaded file to simple.html in the current directory.

Upload a package

Upload a PyPI package:

PUT projects/:id/packages/pypi

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	The ID or full path of the project.

curl --request PUT \
     --upload-file path/to/my.pypi.package-0.0.1.tar.gz \
     --user <username>:<personal_access_token> \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/pypi"