searchcode 0.6.4

Simple, comprehensive code search

Searchcode Python: Python library and CLI utility for Searchcode.
Simple, comprehensive code search.

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searchcode search "import module"

Or simply:

sc search "import module"

from pprint import pprint
from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
search = sc.search(query="import module")

pprint(search)

Installation

pip install searchcode

Getting Started

Code Search Without Filters

Command-Line Interface

searchcode "import module"

In Code

from pprint import pprint
from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
search = sc.search(query="import module")

pprint(search)

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Filter by Language (Java and JavaScript)

Command-Line Interface

searchcode "import module" --languages java,javascript

In Code

from pprint import pprint
from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
search = sc.search(query="import module", languages=["Java", "JavaScript"])

for result in search.results:
    pprint(result.language)

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Filter by Source (BitBucket and CodePlex)

Command-Line Interface

searchcode "import module" --sources bitbucket,codeplex

In Code

from pprint import pprint
from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
search = sc.search(query="import module", sources=["BitBucket", "CodePlex"])

for result in search.results:
    pprint(result.filename)

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Filter by Lines of Code (Between 500 and 1000)

Command-Line Interface

searchcode "import module" --lines-of-code-gt 500 --lines-of-code-lt 1000

In Code

from pprint import pprint
from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
search = sc.search(query="import module", lines_of_code_gt=500, lines_of_code_lt=1000)

for result in search.results:
    pprint(result)

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With Callback Function (JSONP only)

Command-Line Interface

searchcode "import module" --callback myCallback

In Code

from pprint import pprint
from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
search = sc.search(query="import module", callback="myCallback")

pprint(search)

Params

• query: Search term (required).
  • The following filters are textual and can be added into query directly
    • Filter by file extention ext:EXTENTION e.g., "gsub ext:erb"
    • Filter by language lang:LANGUAGE e.g., "import lang:python"
    • Filter by repository repo:REPONAME e.g., "float Q_rsqrt repo:quake"
    • Filter by user/repository repo:USERNAME/REPONAME e.g., "batf repo:boyter/batf"
• page: Result page starting at 0 through to 49
• per_page: Number of results wanted per page (max 100).
• languages: List of programming languages to filter by.
• sources: List of code sources (e.g., GitHub, BitBucket).
• lines_of_code_gt: Filter to sources with greater lines of code than supplied int. Valid values 0 to 10000.
• lines_of_code_lt: Filter to sources with less lines of code than supplied int. Valid values 0 to 10000.
• callback: Callback function (JSONP only)

If the results list is empty, then this indicates that you have reached the end of the available results.

To fetch all results for a given query, keep incrementing page parameter until you get a page with an empty results list.

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Code Result

Returns the raw data from a code file given the code id which can be found as the id in a code search result.

Command-Line Interface

searchode code 4061576

In Code

Params

• _id: Unique identifier for the code file (required).

from searchcode import Searchcode

sc = Searchcode(user_agent="My-Searchcode-script")
data = sc.code(4061576)

print(data.language)
print(data.code)

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About Searchcode

Searchcode is a simple, comprehensive source code search engine that indexes billions of lines of code from open-source projects, helping you find real world examples of functions, API's and libraries in 243 languages across 10+ public code sources.

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Credits

This SDK is developed and maintained by Ritchie Mwewa, in collaboration with Ben Boyter, the creator of Searchcode.com.