https://index.crates.io/ Returns an error, modify https://crates.io/data-access

[3dgoose]

Current Behavior

https://crates.io/data-access#crate-index Says to go to index.crates.io, but returns :

<Error>
<Code>NoSuchKey</Code>
<Message>The specified key does not exist.</Message>
<Key>index.html</Key>
<RequestId>9N18CM92BR5XTWKS</RequestId>
<HostId>q4ty6zmoEGQcE1NRdlL1qFT0U1yIjTb7xPLi1qBBBPYr+KxOgFlUFmifgWnTMcZWwgXVy4x9R1jdxnnCpzh6mA==</HostId>
</Error>

Expected Behavior

Expected a valid site

Steps To Reproduce

Go to : https://index.crates.io/

Environment

• Browser: Chrome 124.0.6367.119 (Build officiel) (64 bits) (cohort: Control)
• OS: Windows 10

Anything else?

[Eh2406]

The API is set up and works correctly. The only thing missing is a html page. Given that we link to the root, and the number of people been confused by this, perhaps we should add a index.html to the S3 bucket explaining how API is to be used.

[0xPoe]

crates.io/data-access#crate-index Says to go to index.crates.io, but returns :

From the crate-index page, it gives an example:

You need to specify the crate name in the index URL.

[0xPoe]

perhaps we should add a index.html to the S3 bucket explaining how API is to be used.

Sounds good to me! It would help users understand how to access the index by crate name.

[Turbo87]

https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index/pull/25 added a README file to the index repository and I've uploaded a rendered HTML version of it to the sparse index. In other words: https://index.crates.io/ shows a short description now.