cargo-search2

A binary utility that provides a more convenient version of cargo search.

Installation

Grab pre-built binaries for your platform:

curl -LsSf https://github.com/sunshowers/cargo-search2/releases/latest/download/cargo-search2-{platform}.zip | tar xzf - -C ~/.cargo/bin

Install manually:

cargo install cargo-search2

Examples

$ cargo search2 serde
# output:
{"crate-name":"serde","version":"1.0.130","hash":"blake2b24:48d4caa68090087560e9c4b174bfa95435078e4949195eb1"}

# Get an exact version (also accepts arbitrary versions)
$ cargo search2 serde --req '=1.0.120'
{"crate-name":"serde","version":"1.0.120","hash":"blake2b24:41a5040c3830edc7e758bf828a93fa6a305509cf7bc9017a"}

# Print out GitHub Actions commands
$ cargo search2 serde --message-format github
::set-output crate-name serde
::set-output version 1.0.130
::set-output hash blake2b24:48d4caa68090087560e9c4b174bfa95435078e4949195eb1

Why?

People often use cargo search to generate cache keys for tools. This is an easier way to achieve the same goal.

In particular, it supports:

• looking for version specifiers
• producing results in both JSON and GitHub Actions formats

Usage