Error from PyPI feed with "pip search"

[brett.polivka]

When attempting to search a feed using "pip search", I receive the following error:

An error occurred processing a POST request to http://<redacted>/pypi/maglabs/pypi: Root element is missing.

System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(Stream stream, LoadOptions options)
at Inedo.ProGet.WebApplication.FeedEndpoints.Pypi.XmlRpcHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(AhHttpContext context, WebApiContext apiContext, PypiFeed feed, String relativeUrl) in C:\Users\builds\AppData\Local\Temp\InedoAgent\BuildMaster\192.168.44.60\Temp\_E359832\Src\ProGet.WebApplication\FeedEndpoints\Pypi\XmlRpcHandler.cs:line 18
at Inedo.ProGet.WebApplication.FeedEndpoints.Pypi.PypiHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(AhHttpContext context, WebApiContext apiContext, PypiFeed feed, String relativeUrl) in C:\Users\builds\AppData\Local\Temp\InedoAgent\BuildMaster\192.168.44.60\Temp\_E359832\Src\ProGet.WebApplication\FeedEndpoints\Pypi\PypiHandler.cs:line 35
at Inedo.ProGet.WebApplication.FeedEndpoints.FeedEndpointHandler.FeedRequestHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(AhHttpContext context) in C:\Users\builds\AppData\Local\Temp\InedoAgent\BuildMaster\192.168.44.60\Temp\_E359832\Src\ProGet.WebApplication\FeedEndpoints\FeedEndpointHandler.cs:line 188

[brett.polivka]

This happens both with empty and non-empty feeds.

[stevedennis]

Hi @brett-polivka ,

It looks like you've got something configured incorrectly; the endpoint should be something like:
http://<redacted>/pypi/maglabs/simple

Cheers.
Steve

[brett.polivka]

My understand is that /simple is the endpoint for package retrieval and /pypi is for searching. Regardless, neither works.

[brett.polivka]

Digging more into this, it appears that "pip search" is basically unsupported at this point, even by pypi.org. You can disregard this issue.