# ERROR: XMLRPC request failed

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/error-xmlrpc-request-failed/5642>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [December 28, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/error-xmlrpc-request-failed/5642 "2022-12-28T10:11:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/error-xmlrpc-request-failed/5642/1 "2022-12-28T10:11:21Z")

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In the documentation:  
#installing-extensions  
python3 -m pip search mopidy

Recently while installing mopidy from zero  
ERROR: XMLRPC request failed [code: -32500]  
RuntimeError: PyPI no longer supports ‘pip search’ (or XML-RPC search).  
Solution  
You need to use the website

> **[Search results](https://pypi.org/search/?o=&q=mopidy)**
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> The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/error-xmlrpc-request-failed/5642/2 "2022-12-28T18:47:20Z")

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Thanks. Fixed in [docs: remove pip search command · mopidy/mopidy@e245adb · GitHub](https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy/commit/e245adbce4224c942ac5b95cc6224db2222e64c3)

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/error-xmlrpc-request-failed/5642/3 "2023-06-29T06:48:08Z")

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