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An unofficial API client for Pub.dev

Aims to be the most complete and stable pub.dev API client. If any particular endpoint is missing please open an issue.

Table of contents

• Usage
• API
  • Packages
    • Details
    • Score
    • Metrics
    • Versions
    • Version Info
    • Publisher
    • Options
    • Documentation
  • Search Packages
    • Paging Search Results
  • Like Packages
• Utilities
  • Flutter Favorites
  • Google Packages
  • Publisher Packages
  • All Packages

Usage

A simple usage example:

import 'package:pub_api_client/pub_api_client.dart';

main() {
  final client =  PubClient();
}

API

Packages

Get Package Info

Retrieves all available information about an specific package.

final package =  await client.packageInfo('pkg_name');

Get Package Score

Returns the following score information about a package.

• Pub Points
• Popularity
• Likes

final score =  await client.packageScore('pkg_name');

Get Package Metrics

The method 'packageMetrics' returns the package 'score' together with a 'scorecard'

final metrics =  await client.packageMetrics('pkg_name');

Get Package Versions

The method 'packageVersions' also returns the versions. However if all you need is versions use this method since it's lighter.

final versions =  await client.packageVersions('pkg_name');

Get Package Version Info

The method packageVersionInfo returns information about a version of a specific package.

final version =  await client.packageVersionInfo('pkg_name', 'version');

Get Package Publisher

The method packagePublisher returns the publisherId of a specific package.

final publisher =  await client.packagePublisher('pkg_name');
// publisher.publisherId

Get Package Options

The method packageOptions returns options of a package.

final options =  await client.packageOptions('pkg_name');

Get Documentation

The method documentation returns all versions and their respective documentation status.

final documentation =  await client.documentation('pkg_name');

Like Packages

All requests for likes require pub.dev authentication.

List liked packages

Displays list of of packages you have liked. Returns list of packageLikes

final likes =  await client.listPackageLikes();

Package Like Status

Returns like status of a package.

final like =  await client.likePackageStatus();

Like a Package

Likes a package. The method returns packageLike payload

final like =  await client.likePackage('pkg_name');

Unlike a Package

Unlikes a package. The method returns packageLike payload

final like =  await client.unlikePackage('pkg_name');

Search Packages

Search for packages on pub.dev. Will return the packages that match the query. You can filter the search with tags.

final results =  await client.search(
  'query',
  tags: [
    PackageTag.publisher('publisher_id'),
    PackageTag.dependency('dependency_name'),
    'another:tag',
  ],
  topics:['topic_1', 'topic_2'],
);
// Returns the packages that match the query
print(results.packages)

Sorting search results

You are able to sort search results by the following:

Top

Search score should be a weighted value of [text], [popularity], [points] and [like], ordered decreasing.

Text

Search score should depend only on text match similarity, ordered decreasing.

Created

Search order should be in decreasing last package creation time.

Updated

Search order should be in decreasing last package updated time.

Popularity

Search order should be in decreasing popularity score.

Like

Search order should be in decreasing like count.

Points

Search order should be in decreasing pub points.

final results =  await client.search('query', sort: SearchOrder.updated);

print(results.packages)

Paging Search Results

You are able to page search results.

final results =  await client.search('query');
final nextResults = await results.nextPage();

print(nextResults.packages)

If you want to retrieve a specific result page you can call the page parameter directly.

final results =  await client.search('query',page:2);
print(results.packages)

Utilities

Flutter Favorites

Returns all Flutter favorites on pub.dev

final results = await client.fetchFlutterFavorites();

Google Packages

Returns all official Google packages. This will be a large payload with hundreds of packages.

final results = await client.fetchGooglePackages();

Publisher Packages

Returns all packages for a specific publisher

final results = await client.fetchPublisherPackages();

All Packages

Returns all packages that match a given query

final results = await fetchAllPackages('', tags: [PackageTag.publisher('leoafarias.com')])