PIP_INDEX_URL not used by "pip search package"

[joaompinto]

Environment

• pip version: 20.2.3
• Python version: 3.8.4
• OS: Windows

PIP_INDEX_URL not used by "pip search package".

The behavior of pip search with PIP_INDEX_URL set should be the same as using pip search -i .

How to Reproduce

Output

$ PIP_INDEX_URL=https://www.google.com pip search quickweb
QuickWeb (1.6.0)  - Rapid Development Python Web Framework


lameg@LAPTOP-RK2UJUPM MINGW64 ~
$ pip search -i https://www.google.com search quickweb
ERROR: Exception:
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[uranusjr]

#2170 contains relevent information.

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Edit: #395 seems to be the canonical tracking issue.

[joaompinto]

@uranusjr from my reading #395 is a much complex and structural change, can we please you keep this issue open ?
From my understanding the current implementation already works as expected for --index-url, so it's just a matter of extending the logic to check for PIP_INDEX_URL.

[uranusjr]

The current implementation does not work for --index-url. It works for -i, but that’s an abbreviation of --index. And it’s not a simple problem of different option names either, since --index-url and --index accept different values. Which is why this ends up requiring a complex structural change.

[joaompinto]

Ok I am sorry I was not aware of the index vs index-url endpoint difference, understood it now. Thanks