diff -r d792e054cde2 -r 91fa67e8ebbc CondaInterface/Conda.py
--- a/CondaInterface/Conda.py Thu Feb 07 18:54:38 2019 +0100
+++ b/CondaInterface/Conda.py Sat Feb 09 16:43:49 2019 +0100
@@ -516,3 +516,70 @@
ok = False
return ok
+
+ def searchPackages(self, pattern, fullNameOnly=False, packageSpec=False,
+ platform="", name="", prefix=""):
+ """
+ Public method to search for a package pattern of a conda environment.
+
+ @param pattern package search pattern
+ @type str
+ @param fullNameOnly flag indicating to search for full names only
+ @type bool
+ @param packageSpec flag indicating to search a package specification
+ @type bool
+ @param platform type of platform to be searched for
+ @type str
+ @param name name of the environment
+ @type str
+ @param prefix prefix of the environment
+ @type str
+ @return flag indicating success and a dictionary with package name as
+ key and list of dictionaries containing detailed data for the found
+ packages as values
+ @rtype tuple of (bool, dict of list of dict)
+ @exception RuntimeError raised to indicate an error in parameters
+
+ Note: only one of name or prefix must be given.
+ """
+ if name and prefix:
+ raise RuntimeError("Only one of 'name' or 'prefix' must be given.")
+
+ args = [
+ "search",
+ "--json",
+ ]
+ if fullNameOnly:
+ args.append("--full-name")
+ if packageSpec:
+ args.append("--spec")
+ if platform:
+ args.extend(["--platform", platform])
+ if name:
+ args.extend(["--name", name])
+ elif prefix:
+ args.extend(["--prefix", prefix])
+ args.append(pattern)
+
+ exe = Preferences.getConda("CondaExecutable")
+ if not exe:
+ exe = "conda"
+
+ packages = {}
+ ok = False
+
+ proc = QProcess()
+ proc.start(exe, args)
+ if proc.waitForStarted(15000):
+ if proc.waitForFinished(30000):
+ output = str(proc.readAllStandardOutput(),
+ Preferences.getSystem("IOEncoding"),
+ 'replace').strip()
+ try:
+ packages = json.loads(output)
+ ok = "error" not in packages
+ except Exception:
+ # return values for errors is already set
+ pass
+
+ return ok, packages
