- Author
Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
Pronounced "package WAT". pkgwat is a fast CLI tool for querying the fedora packages webapp.
You can make its search even better by helping us tag packages.
There is one. You can download it indepenant of the CLI tools at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pkgwat.api
>>> from pkgwat import api >>> results = api.search("nethack") >>> results['rows'][0]['summary'] u'A rogue-like single player dungeon exploration game'
Getting help:
--- ~ » pkgwat --help
usage: pkgwat [--version] [-v] [-q] [-h] [--debug]
CLI tool for querying the fedora packages webapp
optional arguments:
--version show program's version number and exit
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity of output. Can be repeated.
-q, --quiet suppress output except warnings and errors
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug show tracebacks on errors
Commands:
bugs List bugs for a package
builds List koji builds for a package
changelog Show the changelog for a package
contents Show contents of a package
help print detailed help for another command
info Show details about a package
releases List active releases for a package
search Show a list of packages that match a pattern.
updates List bodhi updates for a package You can search for packages:
--- ~ » pkgwat search nethack
+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| name | summary |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| nethack | A rogue-like single player dungeon exploration game |
| nethack-vultures | NetHack- Vulture's Eye and Vulture's Claw |
| egoboo | A top down graphical (3D) RPG in the spirit ofNethack |
| slashem | Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic |
| crossfire | Server for hosting crossfire games |
| crossfire-client | Client for connecting to crossfire servers |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+Flexibility with output formats for all commands:
--- ~ » pkgwat help changelog
usage: pkgwat changelog [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,yaml}] [-c COLUMN]
[--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
[--rows-per-page ROWS_PER_PAGE]
[--start-row START_ROW]
package
Show the changelog for a package
positional arguments:
package
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--rows-per-page ROWS_PER_PAGE
--start-row START_ROW
output formatters:
output formatter options
-f {csv,html,json,table,yaml}, --format {csv,html,json,table,yaml}
the output format, defaults to table
-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN
specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated
CSV Formatter:
--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}
when to include quotes, defaults to nonnumericThere's even a shell. Just run $ pkgwat.
pkgwat is licensed LGPLv2+.