Find-Package fails to find existing NuGet package

[simone-cw]

When I run the following command:

Find-Package -Name Microsoft.Web.Xdt -ProviderName NuGet

I get this error:

Find-Package: No match was found for the specified search criteria and package name 'Microsoft.Web.Xdt'. Try Get-PackageSource to see all available registered package sources.

The Microsoft.Web.Xdt can be found on the NuGet site, which indicates an issue with the Find-Package command

After enabling the debug log with $DebugPreference = "Continue", the command logs the following stacktrace

DEBUG: 00:00:00.8843185 System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'source')
   at System.Linq.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentNullException(ExceptionArgument argument)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Where[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.NuGetRequest.GetPackageById(PackageSource source, String name, NuGetRequest request, String requiredVersion, String minimumVersion, String maximumVersion, Boolean minInclusive, Boolean maxInclusive, Boolean isDependency)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.8844229 Completed iterating for 'Microsoft.Web.Xdt'.
DEBUG: 00:00:01.1371486 unmatched package name='Microsoft.Web.Xdt'

It seems that the error goes away if I add a wilcard at the start of the package name

Find-Package -Name "*Microsoft.Web.Xdt" -ProviderName NuGet

However, this is not a good solution as it might return additional non-relevant packages.

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks for opening this issue, can you please share the versions of packagemangement and powershellget you are using?

[schrufygroovy]

+1 please fix

[simone-cw]

Hi @SydneyhSmith

My apologies for the late reply. I must have missed the notification with your comment.
I have now tried to run the command again but I am unable to replicate it. I might now have a more recent versions of the underneath dependencies, so since the error is gone I can consider it resolved.

If it is of any help I can provide the packagemangement and powershellget versions, but I'd need instructions on how to do it?

Might be worth following up with @schrufygroovy as well as it seems they're still able to reproduce it.

[schrufygroovy]

In my case I am dealing with a private azure devops nuget feed.

With package source:

https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/<ORGANISATION>/_packaging/<FEED>/nuget/v3/index.json

He is able to find the package and package information and download the json from nuget feed, but the information is somehow missing some PackageSource / PackageSource.Location leading to

DEBUG: 00:00:07.4432563 'PackageSource or PackageSource.Location or Package object' is 'null'.

DEBUG: 00:00:00.1339175 System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'source')
   at System.Linq.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentNullException(ExceptionArgument argument)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Where[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.NuGetRequest.GetPackageById(PackageSource source, String name, NuGetRequest request, String requiredVersion, String minimumVersion, String maximumVersion, Boolean minInclusive, Boolean maxInclusive, Boolean isDependency)

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As workaround one can configure old v2 azure devops nuget feed

https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/<ORGANISATION>/_packaging/<FEED>/nuget/v2

[anamnavi]

@schrufygroovy @simone-cw can you try this scenario out with PowerShellGetV3? https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PowerShellGet/3.0.17-beta17

You can register a repository with the private azure devops V3 feed, and use the Find-PSResource <pkgName> cmdlet. Unfortunately we're no longer fixing issues for PowerShellGetV2, but would love to hear your feedback of whether this works in PowershellGetv3. Thanks!