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List of PyPI classifiers

I can get a list of trove classifiers like this:

>>> import requests
>>> response = requests.get('https://pypi.python.org/pypi', params={':action': 'list_classifiers'})
>>> classifiers = response.text.splitlines()
>>> len(classifiers)
649
>>> classifiers[:5]
['Development Status :: 1 - Planning',
 'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
 'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable']

Is there any way to get this list without using network access? For example, does the list exist in distutils or something? Where is the source of truth?

Solution

  • The source of truth is at PyPI only. Initially the list of classifiers was in trove.py, but later moved to SQL.