Where can you view package details like dependencies and package size on PyPI like on npm?
For example, when I look at React's page on npm, I can see that it has 0 dependencies and an unpacked size of 237kB.
On the other hand, when I visit Flask's page on PyPI, I can't seem to find it's dependencies even after clicking on project details.
4 Comments
Mniot@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
You haven't missed anything; there isn't any such place. There's a bunch of suggestions on how you could patch such a thing together StackOverflow: Is there a way to list pip dependencies/requirements?. Basically either running
pipor querying the PyPI API to discover transitive dependencies. Sounds like a fun little programming project! 😀Endmaker@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
Sounds like pain.
Thanks anyway.
Kache@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Python deps can be dynamic, so it can be necessary to download the package and execute code just to find out.
Would be nice to see a resource that lists out the statically defined ones, though. Perhaps that'd pressure the dynamic ones to change -- it's a cause for some of the notorious pain of Python packaging.
ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
Don't most of these projects have a requirements.txt? That would be my first thought when trying to find deps. Getting the size of a package is above my head.