Searching and Filtering
Searching for packages is simple and powerful with Cloudsmith. The search syntax is fully "boolean", in that you can combine queries together with AND (i.e. find this AND that), or OR (i.e. find this OR that), or NOT (i.e. find NOT this). This is optional, if you don't put any boolean operators (AND/OR) in, we'll just assume that you want AND by default.
Search Terms
| Search By | Search Terms Example |
|---|---|
Name (name) | name:my-package (package name contains "my-package"; use anchors for exact match) |
Filename (filename) | filename:my-package.ext (filename contains "my-package.ext"; use anchors for exact match) |
Tag (tag) | tag:latest (a package tag contains "latest"; use anchors for exact match) |
Version - String-based (version) | version:^1.1.0$ (package version is exactly 1.1.0)version:1.1.0*post1 (package version contains 1.10 followed by post1). |
Version - Semantic (version) | version:1.1.0 (package version is "1.1.0")version:>1.1.0 (package version is greater than "1.1.0")version:<1.1.0 (package version is less than "1.1.0")version:~=1.1.0 (package version is greater or equal to 1.1.0, but less than 1.2.0) |
Prerelease (prerelease) | true (packages are prerelease)false (packages are not prerelease) |
Architecture (architecture) | architecture:x86_64 (architecture is "x86_64") |
Distribution (distribution) | distribution:el/7 (distribution is "el", release is "7") |
Format (format) | format:deb (format is "deb" [debian]) |
Status (status) | status:in_progress (status is "in_progress") |
File Checksum (checksum) | checksum:5afba (checksum contains "5afba") |
Downloads (downloads) | downloads:>8 (more than 8 downloads)downloads:<1000 (at least 1, but less than 1000 downloads) |
Package Type (type) | type:binary (Binary Packages)type:source (Source Packages)type:combined (Binary and Source Packages) |
Size in Bytes (size) | size:>50000 (size is greater than 50000)size:<10000 (size is less than 10000) |
Uploaded Date (uploaded) | uploaded:’1 day ago’ (uploaded more than one day ago)uploaded:’August 14, 2019 EST’ (uploaded on Aug 14th) |
Entitlement Token Identifier (token) | token:3lKPVJPosCsY (packages visible for specified token) |
Dependencies (dependency) | dependency:log4j (search for packages that have a dependency with "log4j" in the name).dependency:log4j=1.2.17 (search for packages dependencies name including "log4j" & version matching 1.2.17).dependency:log4j<2.0.0 (search for packages dependencies with name including "log4j" & version less than 2.0.0). |
Repository (repository) | repository:repo-name (Search for packages within the repository named "repo-name") |
| Debian: Component | deb_component:component-name (Search for packages by Debian Component) |
| Docker: Image Digest | docker_image_digest:sha256:abcdef (Search for packages by Docker Image Digest) |
| Docker: Layer Digest | docker_layer_digest:sha256:abcdef (Search for packages by Docker Layer Digest) |
| Maven: GroupID | maven_group_id:io.cloudsmith (Search for packages by Maven GroupID) |
Packages that have violated a policy (policy_violated) | true (packages that have violated a policy)false (packages have not violated a policy) |
Packages that have violated a vulnerability policy (vulnerability_policy_violated) | true (packages that have violated a vulnerability policy)false (packages have not violated a vulnerability policy) |
Packages that have violated a license policy (license_policy_violated) | true (packages that have violated a license policy)false (packages have not violated a license policy) |
Packages that have violated a deny list policy (deny_policy_violated) | true (packages that have violated a deny list policy)false (packages have not violated a deny list policy) |
For all queries you can use:
~ for negation. (Example: ~foo)
For string queries you can use:
^ - to anchor to start of term. (Example: ^foo)
$ - to anchor to end of term. (Example: foo$)
* - for fuzzy matching. (Example: foo*bar)
For number or date queries you can use:
> - for values greater than
. (Example: >foo)
>= - for values greater / equal
. (Example: >=foo)
< - for values less than. (Example: <foo)
<= - for values less / equal. (Example: <=foo)
Please note, when you use a query like uploaded: >'1 month ago', that becomes uploaded > dd/mm/yy (i.e, within the last month).
For version queries you can use:
> - for versions greater than
. (Example: >1.2.3.)
>= - for versions greater / equal
. (Example: >=1.2.3)
< - for versions less than. (Example: <1.2.3)
<= - for versions less / equal. (Example: <=1.2.3)
~= - for versions greater than or equal to, upto the next incompatible version. (Example: ~=1.2.0)
Remember: You can use any combination of
AND,ORandNOT. You can use parentheses to group terms if required, asANDhas a higher precedence thanOR, and it may change the meaning of queries without it.
A Short Working Example
Suppose that you had the following packages:
- AlphaLib, Version: 1.0
- AlphaLib, Version: 1.1
- AlphaLib, Version: 2.0
- BetaLib: Version: 0.9
To find "AlphaLib" packages that are in the version 1.x series only, your query would be:
name:^AlphaLib$ AND version:~=1.0.
Which would provide the following results:
- AlphaLib, Version: 1.0
- AlphaLib, Version: 1.1
To bring the query down, we added the following parts:
name:^AlphaLib$- Find a package name that is exactly "AlphaLib". Without the^(starts-with) and$(ends-with), the query would be fuzzy, and potentially find packages called "AlphaLib2" or "FreeAlphaLib" too.AND- We want to search for both the name and version together. Both must match for the results.version:~=1.0- Find package versions that are at-least 1.0, upto the next incompatible version (2.0).
Searching Packages via the Website UI
At the top of every page is the search box:
Search box in the Website UI
Additional help and examples are available by hovering over the "? Search syntax" at the right side of the search box.
Search syntax displayed
Searching Packages via the Cloudsmith API
Please see the Cloudsmith API interactive sandbox and the full API reference.
Searching Packages via the Cloudsmith CLI
To search packages using the Cloudsmith CLI, you use the cloudsmith list packages command in combination with the -q option:
cloudsmith list packages OWNER/REPOSITORY -q "SEARCH_TERMS"
Example
To search for all debian packages:
cloudsmith list packages cloudsmith/examples -q "format:deb"
CLI search for format "deb"
Example
To search for the latest rpm and composer packages:
cloudsmith list packages cloudsmith/examples -q "tag:latest AND (format:rpm OR format:composer)"
CLI search for tag "latest" and two formats
Example
To search for all python packages larger than 2KB with more than 50 downloads:
cloudsmith list packages cloudsmith/examples -q "format:python AND downloads:>50 AND size:>2048"
CLI search for python packages larger than 2KB with more than 50 downloads
Updated 6 months ago