{"id":182045,"date":"2024-03-19T10:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=182045"},"modified":"2024-03-08T17:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T16:55:08","slug":"pypi-the-complete-guide-to-the-python-third-party-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/pypi-the-complete-guide-to-the-python-third-party-repository","title":{"rendered":"PyPI: The complete guide to the Python third-party repository"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"182045\" class=\"elementor elementor-182045\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f82d23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"2f82d23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea1e5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ea1e5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If you program in <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/python-tout-savoir\">Python<\/a>, you've inevitably drawn tools from PyPI. What began as a public platform for sharing Python services has become the central hub of this ecosystem. A Python programmer will benefit from understanding how this ready-to-use reservoir works.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c4a93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"38c4a93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66dcf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b66dcf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PyPI?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1288857 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1288857\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Python Package Index (PyPI)<\/strong> is a centralized repository of open source packages written in <strong>Python, freely accessible to all.<\/strong><\/p><p>Any developer can draw from it building blocks for one of their projects: <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-engineer-bootcamp-why-is-it-interesting\">Machine Learning<\/a>, statistics, scientific computing, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/give-meaning-to-your-data-with-data-visualization\">graphical data representation<\/a> tools&#8230;<\/p><p>Conversely, those who have created packages can enjoy sharing their creations with the Python community. <strong>PyPI<\/strong> now boasts almost 500,000 projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffcc4f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ffcc4f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477cde1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"477cde1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How was PyPI created?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a30ac12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a30ac12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong> PyPI<\/strong> project was initiated in 2002 by Australian developer Richard Jones during a series of exchanges on the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/pytorch-all-about-this-framework\">python-dev<\/a> discussion forum. The aim was to standardize the free distribution of Python packages.<\/p><p>A particularly active member of the<strong> Python community,<\/strong> Richard Jones is a regular participant at PyCon AU, an annual Python conference held in Australia. He sometimes gives talks there, as he did in 2021.<\/p><p>Richard Jones released the first version of <strong>PyPI<\/strong> in 2003, and gradually many other volunteer contributors joined the adventure. The Python Software Foundation helped fund<strong> PyPI.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3465e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3465e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pypi-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4930d5b elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4930d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-scientist-course\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn to use PyPI<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb28c3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"cb28c3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8a463c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8a463c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's in PyPI?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d58edc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d58edc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PyPI is accessible from the Web at this address.<\/p><p>Each individual package has its own page, showing information such as :<\/p><ul><li>description,<\/li><li>metadata,<\/li><li>dependencies,<\/li><li>version history&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae45901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae45901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As most of the packages are<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/open-source-definition-use-cases-and-more\"> open source<\/a>, <em>PyPI<\/em> has not only fostered a culture of collaboration and sharing, but also stimulated innovation, whether by building programs on these existing solutions, or by proposing alternatives to them. Anyone looking to extract data from the Web (known as Web Scraping) will find <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/beautiful-soup-introduction-to-web-scraping-with-python\">Beautiful Soup<\/a>, Scrapy and many other packages on PyPI.<\/p><p>But that&#8217;s not all. <strong>PyPI<\/strong> offers a standard API for integrating packages into a program. PyPI also boasts a robust server infrastructure with a reinforced security layer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71aa34f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"71aa34f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3723e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3723e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does PyPI work?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b431b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70b431b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-the-most-popular-language\">Python programmer<\/a>, you&#8217;ve used <strong>PyPI,<\/strong> probably without realizing it, when you placed the command :<\/p><p><strong>pip install &lt;package&gt;<\/strong><\/p><p>When this program was executed, <strong>PyPI was called upon.<\/strong><\/p><p>The default installation tool, &#8216;pip&#8217; establishes a connection between your computer and PyPI. It not only locates the requested package, but also installs a version adapted to your computer, its operating system and your version of Python. The same applies to dependencies: if a package requires a specific version of another package, this dependency is handled automatically.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s the beauty of it. The <strong>simple &#8216;pip&#8217; command allows anyone to install and use PyPI packages,<\/strong> some of which are highly developed, without having to worry about internal details: <strong>PyPI<\/strong> itself manages the activities required for the package to function properly. This ease of access made possible by &#8216;pip&#8217; has greatly contributed to the growth of Python.<\/p><p>pip&#8217; is not the only tool available to <strong>PyPI users.<\/strong><\/p><p>Others include :<\/p><ul><li>twine&#8217;, dedicated to the download by a developer of a package he has created to PyPI;<br \/>setuptools&#8217;,<\/li><li>which lets you define a package&#8217;s metadata, specify its dependencies and any C or <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/c-what-is-this-computer-language-for\">C++<\/a> extensions, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e55f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e55f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pypi-2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-960dd4f elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"960dd4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-scientist-course\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Training on PyPi<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34b646 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d34b646\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2940b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2940b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is PyPI safe?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce910a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce910a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In March and April 2023, the <strong>Python Software Foundation<\/strong> received three subpoenas from the US Department of Justice. The reason? The U.S. government is seeking to identify actors who may have infected PyPI with malicious code. As it happens, <strong>PyPI, like any other platform, is not immune to threats.<\/strong><\/p><p>New packages are regularly audited to ensure compliance with high security standards. However, caution is still called for when dealing with packages that have just arrived on <strong>PyPI.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b92e15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"5b92e15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241cf83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"241cf83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PyPI's major users<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490c493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490c493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since<strong> PyPI is the main index for Python packages,<\/strong> a very large number of major companies use it. While they usually develop their own tools in-house, it is common practice for them to draw on PyPI for public packages. Major PyPI users include :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfdee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dfdee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">NASA<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fd35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1fd35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A huge part of the space agency&#8217;s programming is based on Python.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4395fff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4395fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">IBM<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac890a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac890a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IBM relies on Python for its cloud developments and various other activities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1759a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1759a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Microsoft<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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