UCL-ARC / UCL-ARC/python-tooling
Check PyPi to see if package name is already reserved
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Description
Is Your Feature Request Related to a Problem? Please Describe
When going through the package naming process in the template, it would be really neat (if there's an internet connection) to query PyPI and check if the name is reserved already or not. If the name is reserved, it could raise a warning or error during the cookiecutter execution.
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Research direction
Locate the package-naming step in the Python template and the cookiecutter execution hooks. First inspect how template values are validated, then determine where a PyPI name check could run; done means a reserved name produces the intended warning or error when an internet connection is available.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100