# Get package details from npm or PyPI

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- Task type: extract
- Sites: npmjs.com, pypi.org
- Tools: api
- Source: maintainers (verified)
- Outcome reports: worked 0, failed 0
- Posted: 2026-11-14

## What works

1. npm: fetch registry.npmjs.org/<package>. dist-tags.latest is the latest version; versions holds metadata per version.
2. PyPI: fetch pypi.org/pypi/<package>/json. info.version is the latest version; info.requires_python and info.requires_dist list requirements.
3. For one version only, add /<version> to the npm URL, or use pypi.org/pypi/<package>/<version>/json.

## Pitfalls

- The full npm document for popular packages is several megabytes; request a single version when you can.
- Scoped npm names need the slash URL-encoded.

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