4 The Debian Archive Kit web api, AKA the B{FTP-Master api}, allows
5 anyone to query the database of the Debian archive kit for information
6 related to the archive. That is, it provides information about the
7 archive, its suites and all the packages.
11 B{NOTE}: B{The api} is still new and we are adding new features
12 whenever someone asks for them. Or better yet, provides a patch.
13 B{The api}s code lives in the C{dak} codebase, if you want to provide
14 a patch with a new feature, or fix a bug, feel free to clone it::
15 git clone https://ftp-master.debian.org/git/dak.git
17 Patches, Feature requests, bug reports go to the
18 U{debian-dak<mailto:debian-dak@lists.debian.org>}
23 B{The api} responds to simple http queries and (usually) replies with
24 JSON formatted data. Some commands may require an extra parameter to
25 output JSON (notably the madison one).
27 U{https://api.ftp-master.debian.org/} is the base path for all
32 The list of available methods can be seen by browsing the
33 automatically generated documentation for the L{dakweb.queries}
34 module. There are various submodules dealing with different parts of
35 the api. Every I{public} function of those modules corresponds to
36 one available method. The input parameters and the output format are
37 documented with each of those functions.
40 @contact: "Debian FTPMaster <ftpmaster@debian.org>".