Getting release date of Nuget packages - nuget

Question

Is there a way to get the release/published dates of nuget packages? I've searched the nuget commands and VS powershell scripts but am coming up empty. I can't even find it on nuget.org, which gives abstractions like 'one month ago' instead.
I would prefer a programmatic way to retrieve this info. But I'll settle for any way at all.

Answer 1

Use the NuGet SDK. I've modified the code to display the Published property.
ILogger logger = NullLogger.Instance;
CancellationToken cancellationToken = CancellationToken.None;
SourceCacheContext cache = new SourceCacheContext();
SourceRepository repository = Repository.Factory.GetCoreV3("https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json");
PackageMetadataResource resource = await repository.GetResourceAsync<PackageMetadataResource>();
IEnumerable<IPackageSearchMetadata> packages = await resource.GetMetadataAsync(
"Newtonsoft.Json", // replace with the required package id
includePrerelease: true,
includeUnlisted: false,
cache,
logger,
cancellationToken);
foreach (IPackageSearchMetadata package in packages)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Version: {package.Identity.Version}");
Console.WriteLine($"Publish date: {package.Published}");
}