CTAN API

curl 'https://ctan.org/json/2.0/pkg/graphicx'

const res = await fetch("https://ctan.org/json/2.0/pkg/graphicx");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://ctan.org/json/2.0/pkg/graphicx", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "id": "graphicx",
  "name": "graphicx",
  "aliases": [],
  "caption": "Enhanced support for graphics",
  "authors": [
    {
      "id": "latex",
      "active": true
    },
    {
      "id": "carlisle",
      "active": true
    }
  ],
  "copyright": [
    {
      "owner": "David Carlisle, Sebastian Rahtz",
      "year": "1994"
    },
    {
      "owner": "David Carlisle, LaTeX3 Project",
      "year": "1995-2021"
    }
  ],
  "license": "lppl1.3c",
  "version": {
    "number": "1.2e",
    "date": "2026-05-17"
  },
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "language": null,
      "text": "<p>\n      The package builds upon the <ref refid=\"graphics\">graphics</ref>\n      package, providing a key-value interface for optional arguments\n      to the <tt>\\includegraphics</tt> command. This interface provides\n      facilities that go far beyond what the\n      <ref refid=\"graphics\">graphics</ref> package offers on its own.\n    </p>\n  <p>\n      For extended documentation, see\n      <ref refid=\"epslatex\">epslatex</ref>.\n    </p>\n  <p>\n      The package is part of the\n      <ref refid=\"latex-graphics\">latex-graphics</ref> bundle,\n      which is one of the collections in the\n      <ref refid=\"required\">LaTeX <q>required</q>\n    </ref>\n      set of packages.\n    </p>"
    }
  ],
  "documentation": [
    {
      "language": "en",
      "details": "Guide to graphics in LaTeX (English)",
      "href": "ctan:/macros/latex/required/graphics/grfguide.pdf"
    },
    {
      "language": "it",
      "details": "Guide to graphics in LaTeX (Italian)",
      "href": "ctan:/inf