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dotnet package search
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NAME
dotnet-package-search - Searches for a NuGet package.
SYNOPSIS
dotnet package search <SEARCH TERM> [--configfile <FILE>] [--exact-match] [--format <FORMAT OPTION>]
[--interactive] [--prerelease] [--skip <NUMBER>] [--source <SOURCE>] [--take <NUMBER>]
[--verbosity <VERBOSITY VALUE>]
dotnet package search -h|--help
DESCRIPTION
The dotnet package search command searches for a NuGet package.
ARGUMENTS
• search terms
Specifies the search term to filter results. Use this argument to search for packages matching the
provided query. Example: dotnet package search json.
OPTIONS
• --configfile
The NuGet configuration file. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not
specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more in‐
formation, see Common NuGet configurations.
• --exact-match
This option narrows the search to only include packages whose IDs exactly match the specified search
term, effectively filtering out any partial matches. It provides a concise list of all available ver‐
sions for the identified package. Causes --take and --skip options to be ignored. Utilize this option
to display all available versions of a specified package.
• --format
The format options are table and json. The default is table.
• --interactive
Allows the command to stop and wait for user input or action (for example to complete authentication).
• --prerelease
Allow prerelease packages to be shown.
• --skip
The number of results to skip, for pagination. The default value is 0.
• --source <SOURCE>
The package source to search. You can pass multiple –source options to search multiple package
sources.
• --take
The number of results to return. The default value is 20.
• --verbosity
Display this amount of details in the output: normal, minimal, or detailed. The default is normal.
• -?|-h|--help
Prints out a description of how to use the command.
EXAMPLES
• Search NuGet.org for packages that match the search term “Newtonsoft.Json,” and render the output as a
table with up to 20 packages:
dotnet package search Newtonsoft.Json --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
Source: https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
| Package ID | Latest Version | Owners | Downloads |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
| Newtonsoft.Json | 13.0.3 | | 3,829,822,911 |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
| Newtonsoft.Json.Bson | 1.0.2 | | 554,641,545 |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
| Newtonsoft.Json.Schema | 3.0.15 | | 39,648,430 |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
| Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson | 7.0.12 | | 317,067,823 |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
...
• Search NuGet.org for packages that match the search term “Newtonsoft.Json,” and render the output as
json.
dotnet package search Newtonsoft.Json --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json --format json
{
"version": 2,
"problems": [],
"searchResult": [
{
"sourceName": "https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json",
"packages": [
{
"id": "Newtonsoft.Json",
"latestVersion": "13.0.3",
"totalDownloads": 4456137550,
"owners": "dotnetfoundation, jamesnk, newtonsoft"
},
{
"id": "Newtonsoft.Json.Bson",
"latestVersion": "1.0.2",
"totalDownloads": 655362732,
"owners": "dotnetfoundation, jamesnk, newtonsoft"
},
{
"id": "Newtonsoft.Json.Schema",
"latestVersion": "3.0.15",
"totalDownloads": 46062119,
"owners": "jamesnk, newtonsoft"
},
{
"id": "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson",
"latestVersion": "8.0.3",
"totalDownloads": 372202749,
"owners": "aspnet, dotnetframework, Microsoft"
},
{
"id": "Newtonsoft.Json.Encryption",
"latestVersion": "2.2.0",
"totalDownloads": 113101,
"owners": "simoncropp"
}
]
}
]
}
• Search NuGet.org for packages using the search term “Newtonsoft.Json,” show only two results, and skip
the first packages in the search result:
dotnet package search Newtonsoft.Json --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json --skip 1 --take 2
Source: https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
| Package ID | Latest Version | Owners | Downloads |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|-----------------|
| Newtonsoft.Json.Bson | 1.0.2 | | 554,641,545 |
| Newtonsoft.Json.Schema | 3.0.15 | | 39,648,430 |
• Search for packages that exactly match “Newtonsoft.Json” and list all available versions of it, ignor‐
ing any packages that contain “Newtonsoft.Json” as a part of their name or description but don’t match
it exactly:
dotnet package search Newtonsoft.Json --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json --exact-match
Source: https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
| Package ID | Version | Owners | Downloads |
|---------------------------------------------|---------|--------|-----------------|
| Newtonsoft.Json | 13.0.3 | | 3,829,822,911 |
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