>
> Most likely (someone more familiar with Warehouse could answer this)
> Warehouse will select sha256 whenever it is available, so the simple API
> may be just as good for you. But it's something to consider.
>

The simple API will always have the sha256 digest, for every file.
<https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/blob/04667bc20d5a8ab25062e64c5bd51eaf150ba532/warehouse/templates/legacy/api/simple/detail.html#L22>



On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:04 AM Alex Becker <alcubec...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also note that the simple API only includes a single hash for each file,
> and may use md5 hashes instead of sha256 (technically it may use any of the
> hash algorithms guaranteed by hashlib, but I've only seen those two). The
> JSON API will give you *all* the hashes warehouse has for the file, which
> may be more useful.
>
> Most likely (someone more familiar with Warehouse could answer this)
> Warehouse will select sha256 whenever it is available, so the simple API
> may be just as good for you. But it's something to consider.
>
> Best,
>
> Alex Becker
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 9:58 AM Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 16:28, Eric Peterson
>> <epeter...@interactivebrokers.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Brilliant, that's exactly what I was looking for—both the simple API
>> and json API look very useful. Thanks!
>>
>> Just a quick note, the simple API is required for every index server
>> to support, whereas the JSON API is not (yet?) standardised and may
>> not be supported anywhere other than PyPI (I don't know about devpi,
>> for example). This may not matter for your use case, but is useful to
>> know more generally.
>>
>> Paul
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