How should I get the latest package version using NuGet.Client

[WeihanLi]

Hi there, I'm trying to get the latest package version of a package

Task<NuGetVersion?> GetLatestPackageVersion(string packageId, 
    bool includePrerelease = false, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)

Is there an API for this?

Found some ways as follows:

• PackageMetadataResource.GetPackageMetadataAsync
• FindPackageByIdResource.GetAllVersionsAsync

Are there more ways for it I missed? And which is recommended? Thanks very much.

[ghost]

Issue is missing Type label, remember to add a Type label

[nkolev92]

Those are the 2 ways, and the bottom line is depending on what information you want.

Those 2 methods return different data, one returns a list of versions, the other one includes metadata such as whether a package is listed, whether a package is vulnerable etc, so it really depends on your scenario.

[WeihanLi]

Thanks very much for the reply, I only need the latest package version, think GetPackageMetadataAsync may return too much for me, so I use the GetAllVersionsAsync for now, and is there a GetLatestVersion(bool prerelease) API or something like that

[nkolev92]

Another consideration is that PackageMetadataResource has means to ignore unlisted versions. FindPackageByIdResource will consider all versions listed or unlisted.