get all biocontainers via Quay.io API

get_all_containers.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import argparse
import json
import sys
import tempfile

try:
    import requests
except ImportError:
    requests = None

QUAY_API_URL = 'https://quay.io/api/v1/repository'


parameters = {'public': 'true', 'namespace': 'biocontainers'}
r = requests.get(QUAY_API_URL, headers={'Accept-encoding': 'gzip'}, params=parameters,
    timeout=12)


json_decoder = json.JSONDecoder()
decoded_request = json_decoder.decode(r.text)
for repository in decoded_request['repositories']:
    rep_name = repository['name']

    url = "%s/%s/%s" % (QUAY_API_URL, 'biocontainers', rep_name)
    r = requests.get(url, headers={'Accept-encoding': 'gzip'}, timeout=12)

    json_decoder = json.JSONDecoder()
    decoded_request = json_decoder.decode(r.text)
    for tag, infos in decoded_request['tags'].items():
        print('quay.io/biocontainers/%s:%s\t%s' % (rep_name, tag, infos['size']))
        
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