Read metadata from nupkg

Question

Is there anyway to read the metadata of a NuGet-package-file?

I would really like to create a simple site for searching among my nupkg-files..

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The NuGet.Core package contains the official API for reading package metadata.

To read information about a single .nupkg file use code similar to following.

var myPackage = new ZipPackage(@"C:\Path\to\MyPackage.1.0.0.nupkg");

Console.WriteLine("Id: {0}", myPackage.Id);
Console.WriteLine("Version: {0}", myPackage.Version);
Console.WriteLine(
    "Assemblies: {0}",
    myPackage.AssemblyReferences.Select(a => a.Name).ToArray());

There are also similar classes for reading Package sources (aka Feeds), etc.