cargo-show

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Prints package metadata like pip show, apt-cache show, npm view, gem query, etc.

To install:

sh $ cargo install cargo-show Updating crates.io index Installing cargo-show v0.5.7 Downloading crates ... Downloaded lazy_static v1.4.0 Downloaded strsim v0.9.3 ... Compiling g-k-crates-io-client v0.27.1 Compiling cargo-show v0.5.7 Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 2m 30s Installing /Users/greg/.cargo/bin/cargo-show Installed package `cargo-show v0.5.7` (executable `cargo-show`) $

Usage:

```sh $ cargo show --help Usage: cargo show [options] ... cargo show (-h|--help) cargo show --version

Options: --json Print the JSON response. -L --dependencies Print the crate's dependencies as well. -h --help Show this help page. --version Show version.

Display a metadata for a create at crates.io. ```

To print package metadata:

```sh $ cargo show nonexistent-package servo

Error fetching data for nonexistent-package: api errors (status 404 Not Found): Not Found

id: servo name: servo description: Parked non-servo thing documentation: None homepage: None repository: None max_version: 0.0.1 downloads: 3137 license: None created: 2014-12-04T23:41:05.915728+00:00 updated: 2015-12-11T23:55:55.315022+00:00 ```

To print JSON:

json $ cargo show --json serde | cut -b '1-120' {"crate":{"id":"serde","name":"serde","updated_at":"2019-12-16T04:09:49.363249+00:00","versions":[196666,192011,185512,1

To print package metadata and direct dependencies (alternatively use -L):

```sh

$ cargo show --dependencies time

id: time name: time description: Date and time library. Fully interoperable with the standard library. Mostly compatible with #![nostd]. documentation: None homepage: None repository: https://github.com/time-rs/time maxversion: 0.2.2 downloads: 10771986 license: None created: 2014-11-13T06:52:51.369245+00:00 updated: 2020-01-08T03:27:19.481880+00:00 dependencies: serde ^1 (opt) ```

To print package metadata and direct dependencies as JSON:

sh $ cargo show --dependencies --json time | python -m json.tool | head -n25 { "dependencies": [ { "crate_id": "serde", "default_features": false, "downloads": 0, "features": [ "derive", "alloc" ], "id": 1078018, "kind": "normal", "optional": true, "req": "^1", "target": null, "version_id": 202181 } ] }

To rename the command if you're used to other package managers:

sh $ cd /usr/local/bin/ # or someplace in path $ ln $(which cargo-show) cargo-flizblorp # needs to be a hardlink $ cargo --list | grep fliz flizblorp

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