🏢 ListPackagesByVendor

Fetches all package names under a given vendor.

When to use

🏢 List all packages under an organization, e.g. symfony/*; 🔍 evaluate the ecosystem size of a vendor; 🧩 build a vendor-oriented index page.

Signature

func (c *ComposerClient) ListPackagesByVendor(vendor string) (*domain.PackageListResponse, error)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
vendor	string	Vendor name, e.g. symfony, laravel

Return value

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

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

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.ListPackagesByVendor("symfony")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("Package count under symfony: %d\n", len(resp.PackageNames))
	for _, name := range resp.PackageNames[:5] {
		fmt.Println("  -", name)
	}
}

Advanced

• 🧩 To filter by package type, use ListPackagesByType.
• 📋 To get the full list of package names, use ListPackages.
• 📦 To also get fields such as the repository URL, use ListPackagesWithData.