🧩 ListPackagesByType

Fetches all package names of a given type, such as composer-plugin, library.

When to use

🧩 List all composer-plugin packages for plugin discovery; 🏗️ break down the ecosystem composition by type; 🔍 filter candidate packages in specialized tools (e.g. only project templates).

Signature

func (c *ComposerClient) ListPackagesByType(packageType string) (*domain.PackageListResponse, error)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
packageType	string	Package type, e.g. library, composer-plugin, project

Return value

Value	Type	Description
Result	*domain.PackageListResponse	PackageNames is the list of package names of that type
Error	error	Returned on HTTP failure, non-200 status, or JSON parse failure

Corresponding endpoint: GET https://packagist.org/packages/list.json?type={type}. The SDK automatically URL-encodes packageType.

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"time"

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

func main() {
	c := client.NewComposerClient(30 * time.Second)

	resp, err := c.ListPackagesByType("composer-plugin")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("composer-plugin package count: %d\n", len(resp.PackageNames))
	for _, name := range resp.PackageNames[:5] {
		fmt.Println("  -", name)
	}
}

Advanced

• 🏢 To filter by vendor, use ListPackagesByVendor.
• 🔍 To search by type + keyword, use SearchPackagesByType (search results include metrics such as download counts).
• 📋 To get the full list of package names, use ListPackages.