[aur-general] Method to get all Packages

Lukas Appelhans l.appelhans at gmx.de
Sun Jan 25 12:55:05 EST 2009


On Freitag 23 Januar 2009 05:54:21 Loui Chang wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 03:29:19PM +0100, Lukas Appelhans wrote:
> > On Mittwoch 14 Januar 2009 19:07:54 Loui Chang wrote:
> > > > > On 2009-01-14 15:07:38, Lukas Appelhans wrote:
> > > > > > So, I would like to ask if there is any method to get all package
> > > > > > names or if that is planned?
> > >
> > > The only method is via the web interface. There aren't any plans to
> > > make that possible via the json interface. If you're interested in
> > > implementing that please send ideas/patches to aur-dev at archlinux.org
> > >
> > > > Well is there a database-file for aur?
> > >
> > > Nope.
> > > That's an interesting idea though.
> >
> > Actually since I didn't get any further, is there probably a way to
> > publish the dir listed by apache when calling
> > (aur.archlinux.org/packages/) on the ftp-server?
>
> Of course there's a way.
> You really should be accessing the AUR via the web or json interface
> though.
> That dir listing doesn't actually reflect the status of the AUR.
> Old scripts are only occaisionally removed from that.
> That may change soon though.
Okok :) I worked on a patch for that, it's attached...
I have no clue if it works (or if everything is alright) though, never worked 
with Sql-Queries :(

Lukas
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