Debian Latest Package List

[metallica1973]

I am currently working on a project using Python wanted to know if there is a way that I can obtain this same list of the latest packages for Jessie,Wheezy and etc.
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/allp ... mat=txt.gz
that is architecture specific as in i386 or amd64 by itself? When I download the compact compress list, it includes all the architectures together as in:

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389-dsgw (1.1.11-1+b1 [s390x], 1.1.11-1 [amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el]) 389 Directory Server Gateway
3dchess (0.8.1-18) Play chess across 3 boards!
3depict (0.0.16-2.1+b1 [s390x], 0.0.16-2.1 [amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el]) visualisation and analysis for single valued point data
3dldf (2.0.3+dfsg-2) 3D drawing with MetaPost output -- interpreter

I need a list for just i386 or amd64. I know I can do this via the cli of a system that has Debian installed by querying the repos using:

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sudo apt-cache dumpavail| tee Wheezepkgs.out

or query the files locally

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/var/lib/apt/lists

but I would like to simply download this from the site and add it to my code. Is there an API that I can tap into to accomplish this task?
Looks promising but its limited:
https://sources.debian.net/doc/api/
Getting close:
https://sources.debian.net/api/list/?&s ... arch=amd64
but this doesnt include versions and useful info that I can use.

[dilberts_left_nut]

Pipe your download through zgrep prior to writing the file.

[kedaha]

Take a look at rmadison. It's in devscripts.

[metallica1973]

many thanks for all the replies. rmadison is awesome but how can I tell it to list all packages for a suite and an architecture? I tried:

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sudo rmadison * -a amd64 -u debian -s wheezy

and various combinations but cant seem to get it done. Any tricks?