On Mar 5, 9:40 pm, Michael Rudolf <spamfres...@ch3ka.de> wrote: > Hi, I just wondered how many Packages are in the Python Package Index. > > I could not find any counter,
Main page (http://pypi.python.org/pypi), right at the top: """ The Python Package Index is a repository of software for the Python programming language. There are currently 5883 packages here. """ The devs must have read your posting and slammed in a quick fix ;-) > but I found that there is a category > overview onhttp://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=browse. > > A quick look at the HTML told me that the number of Packages per > Category is listed surrounded by parentheses, at most one per line. > > So I counted them: > > import urllib > sum=0 > for t in urllib.urlopen('http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=browse'): > t=t.split('(')[-1].split(')')[0] That statement is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. I wonder what it does. > try: > sum += int(t) > except ValueError: > pass # print "OMG cannot convert %s to int" % t > print "sum is: %s" % sum > > Which yields: sum is: 31670 > > That would be around half the weight of CPAN, which would be a > not-so-bad result ;) > > My Questions: > a) Are there package listed in multiple Categories, which would breaking > my counting? Next you'll be asking if items are listed in multiple categories on eBay :-) Have you considered looking at the listing for some individual packages? Here's one: # Categories * Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable * Intended Audience :: Developers * License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License * Operating System :: OS Independent * Programming Language :: Python * Topic :: Database * Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/ Libraries * Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial :: Spreadsheet * Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules So that's 9 categories. And 4 topics -- that'd be "keyword spamming" on eBay :-) > b) Did I make some other mistake(s)? Yes. > c) is there a counter which yields the current number of PyPI-Packages? Yes. > > PS: Please excuse my bad english, I am not a native speaker. > > THX, Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
