generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/bloomsburyai
note: >-
  Bloomsbury AI was acquired by Facebook in 2018 and the hosted Cape API is
  terminated. Its client libraries were open sourced under the bloomsburyai
  GitHub org and are not published to a public package registry (PyPI 404 for
  cape-webservices / cape-document-qa / cape-machine-reader). Recorded from
  source as first-party, archival.
packages:
  - language: python
    registry: github
    name: cape-client
    url: https://github.com/bloomsburyai/cape-client
    docs: http://cape-client.readthedocs.io/
    install: pip install git+https://github.com/bloomsburyai/cape-client
    official: true
    archival: true
    description: >-
      Python client for the Cape API (question answering over document
      contents). Constructed with an api_base URL; the hosted service is
      terminated.
  - language: python
    registry: github
    name: cape-webservices
    url: https://github.com/bloomsburyai/cape-webservices
    install: pip install git+https://github.com/bloomsburyai/cape-webservices
    official: true
    archival: true
    description: >-
      Cape web services — the HTTP API/back-end for Cape document question
      answering (open sourced by Bloomsbury AI).