conan search

Search existing recipes in remotes. This command is equivalent to conan list recipes <query> -r=*, and is provided for simpler UX.

$ conan search -h
usage: conan search [-h] [-f FORMAT] [-v [V]] [-r REMOTE] reference

Search for package recipes in all the remotes (by default), or a remote.

positional arguments:
  reference             Recipe reference to search for.It can contain * as
                        wildcard at any reference field.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
                        Select the output format: json
  -v [V]                Level of detail of the output. Valid options from less
                        verbose to more verbose: -vquiet, -verror, -vwarning,
                        -vnotice, -vstatus, -v or -vverbose, -vv or -vdebug,
                        -vvv or -vtrace
  -r REMOTE, --remote REMOTE
                        Remote names. Accepts wildcards. If not specified it
                        searches in all the remotes

$ conan search zlib
conancenter:
zlib
    zlib/1.2.11
    zlib/1.2.8

$ conan search zlib -r=conancenter
conancenter:
zlib
    zlib/1.2.11
    zlib/1.2.8

$ conan search zlib/1.2.1* -r=conancenter
conancenter:
zlib
    zlib/1.2.11

$ conan search zlib/1.2.1* -r=conancenter --format=json
[
    {
        "remote": "conancenter",
        "error": null,
        "results": [
            {
                "name": "zlib",
                "id": "zlib/1.2.11"
            }
        ]
    }
]