`get_package`

Pack: pypi · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pypi/mcp

Get metadata for a Python package on PyPI (the Python Package Index). Returns the latest version, summary, author, license, project URLs, required Python version, keywords, classifiers, and the release artifact files that pip install would download. Pass the exact pip package name (e.g. “requests”, “numpy”).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Exact PyPI package name, e.g. “requests”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "django"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pypi/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_package","arguments":{"name":"django"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_package', {
  "name": "django"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "pandas"
}

Response shape

Always returns: name, version, summary, author, author_email, license, requires_python, home_page, project_urls, keywords, recent_versions, latest_files

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Package name
`version`	string	Latest version number
`summary`	string \| null	Short package description
`author`	string \| null	Package author name
`author_email`	string \| null	Package author email
`license`	string \| null	License type
`requires_python`	string \| null	Python version requirement
`home_page`	string \| null	Package homepage URL
`project_urls`	object	Additional project URLs
`keywords`	string \| null	Package keywords
`recent_versions`	array	Last 10 available versions
`latest_files`	array	Latest distribution files

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Package name"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Latest version number"
    },
    "summary": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Short package description"
    },
    "author": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Package author name"
    },
    "author_email": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Package author email"
    },
    "license": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "License type"
    },
    "requires_python": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Python version requirement"
    },
    "home_page": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Package homepage URL"
    },
    "project_urls": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Additional project URLs"
    },
    "keywords": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Package keywords"
    },
    "recent_versions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Last 10 available versions"
    },
    "latest_files": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "filename": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Distribution filename"
          },
          "packagetype": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package type (e.g., sdist, bdist_wheel)"
          },
          "upload_time": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Upload timestamp"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Download URL"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "filename",
          "packagetype",
          "upload_time",
          "url"
        ]
      },
      "description": "Latest distribution files"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name",
    "version",
    "summary",
    "author",
    "author_email",
    "license",
    "requires_python",
    "home_page",
    "project_urls",
    "keywords",
    "recent_versions",
    "latest_files"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pypi": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pypi/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_package