How to check whether a package actually exists before you install it
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Your assistant suggested a dependency. Before it reaches a build server, you want to know two things: does this package exist, and has it existed long enough to be trustworthy? Both are answerable in a few seconds, with no tooling beyond curl . Python: does the name resolve on PyPI curl -sI https:/…
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- 2026-09-09 17:27 · DEV Community — AI
How to check whether a package actually exists before you install it