🔎 SearchOnlyName

Search packages on Packagist by package name only, without matching package descriptions. Equivalent to composer search <query> --only-name, suitable for scenarios that require exact name matching and reduced search noise.

📋 Signature

func (c *Composer) SearchOnlyName(query string) (string, error)

📥 Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
query	string	Search keyword, e.g. "logger", "symfony/console"

📤 Return value

Return value	Type	Description
First return value	string	Standard output text of composer search <query> --only-name, one matching package name per line
Second return value	error	Returned when an error occurs during execution; nil indicates success

📝 Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/scagogogo/composer-skills/pkg/composer"
)

func main() {
	comp, err := composer.New(composer.DefaultOptions())
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("init Composer failed: %v", err)
	}

	output, err := comp.SearchOnlyName("logger")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("search packages by name failed: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Println("search-by-name results:")
	fmt.Println(output)
}

🚀 Advanced

• 📋 Regular search that matches both description and name: use Search.
• 📦 When you need to parse results in JSON or other formats: use SearchWithFormat(query, format).
• 🏷️ Filter by package type (e.g. library, composer-plugin): use SearchWithType.
• ⚠️ This method only matches package names; packages whose descriptions contain the keyword but whose names do not match will not appear in the results. The result set is therefore usually smaller and more precise than Search.