Querying the CTAN with JSON

The CTAN provides mean to access the database and retrieve the information in form of JSON responses. Several entities can be queried.

The queries can be sent to the portal in form of a HTTP GET or POST request with some parameters. The response has the JSON as body. The request URL and parameters as well as the response are described on the detail pages.

There is an related feature for retrieving XML. See Querying CTAN with XML for details.

Note:

This is an experimental feature and might be developed further in the future. The interface is versioned and incompatible changes are likely to go with a new version number.

Change Log

Version 1.3

• Attributes title, von, junior, and pseudonym added to author information. Note that if pseudonym is given then the other name constituents are hidden to protect the privacy of the author.