# PyPI Python Packages Scraper - Metadata & Downloads (`ninhothedev/pypi-scraper`) Actor

$1/1K 🔥 Fast PyPI scraper! Python packages — version, summary, author, license, dependencies & monthly downloads. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. List package names & pull thousands of packages for dev & market intel ⚡

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/pypi-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## PyPI Python Packages Scraper - Metadata & Downloads

**Get clean PyPI package data: version, summary, description, author, license, classifiers, Python requirement and daily/weekly/monthly download counts. As JSON, CSV or Excel. Free, no key, no proxy.**

### 💵 Pricing

**Pay per result — ~$1 per 1,000 packages.** No subscription, no proxy needed. You only pay for the data you scrape, and new Apify accounts include free monthly credits so you can test it for **$0**.

### 🔎 What can it extract?

- Package **name, version, summary, description**
- **Author, author email, home page, license**
- Keywords, classifiers, `requires_python`
- **Download counts** — last day / week / month (via pypistats)
- Latest release date + canonical PyPI URL

### 🚀 How do I use it?

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Paste a list of package names (see example below).
3. Click **Start** and download results as JSON, CSV or Excel — or pull them via the API / schedule them.

### ⚙️ Input example

```json
{
  "mode": "packages",
  "packageNames": ["requests", "numpy", "flask"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### 📦 Output example

```json
{
  "name": "requests",
  "version": "2.34.2",
  "summary": "Python HTTP for Humans.",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "requires_python": ">=3.10",
  "downloads_last_month": 1582670936,
  "release_date": "2026-05-14T19:25:26Z",
  "url": "https://pypi.org/project/requests/"
}
```

### 🎯 Use cases

- Developer-tool dashboards & package leaderboards
- Dependency / supply-chain and security datasets
- Tracking download trends and adoption of your own packages
- Enriching SBOMs and internal package catalogs
- AI coding assistants that need up-to-date package metadata

### 💰 How much will it cost?

You pay only the per-result price (no proxy cost):
100 → ~$0.10 · 1,000 → ~$1 · 10,000 → ~$10

### 🆚 Why this one

| Feature | This actor | Others |
|---|---|---|
| Metadata **+ download counts** | ✅ | metadata only |
| Classifiers + requires\_python | ✅ | partial |
| No key, no proxy | ✅ | sometimes |
| Async batched, bulk lists | ✅ | one-by-one |

### 🔗 Related actors

- [npm Package Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/npm-package-scraper) — Node packages
- [crates.io Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/crates-io-scraper) — Rust crates
- [GitHub Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/github-scraper) — repos & profiles
- [Docker Hub Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/docker-hub-scraper) — container images

### ❓ FAQ

**Key/proxy?** No. **Search by keyword?** PyPI has no public search API, so you pass exact package names. **Bulk?** Yes — pass a full list; requests run async in batches.

### 🛟 Support

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the actor — fixes and new fields ship fast.

### Legal & privacy

Data via the public PyPI JSON API and pypistats.org. Only public package metadata is collected.

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# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scrape mode. Only 'packages' is supported: give a list of package names to fetch metadata + download stats. PyPI has no public search API, so search is not available.

## `packageNames` (type: `array`):

Exact PyPI package names to scrape (e.g. 'requests', 'numpy', 'flask'). Case-insensitive.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of packages to scrape. The package list is truncated to this length.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "packages",
  "packageNames": [
    "requests",
    "numpy",
    "flask"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `packages` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "packageNames": [
        "requests",
        "numpy",
        "flask"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/pypi-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "packageNames": [
        "requests",
        "numpy",
        "flask",
    ],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/pypi-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "packageNames": [
    "requests",
    "numpy",
    "flask"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call ninhothedev/pypi-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ninhothedev/pypi-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nut6qs2FXQoTvfN8r/builds/6pHG8dASVCgbEPNHP/openapi.json