async_chuck.py

from typing import Dict, List
import aiohttp
import asyncio
import time

JOKE_URL = "http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random"


async def download_joke(session: aiohttp.ClientSession) -> Dict[str, str]:

    async with session.get(JOKE_URL) as response:
        joke = await response.json()
        return joke


async def get_jokes(number_of_jokes: int) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:

    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        return await asyncio.gather(*[download_joke(session) for _ in range(number_of_jokes)])


def main(number_of_jokes: int = 10):
    jokes = asyncio.run(get_jokes(number_of_jokes))
    for joke in jokes:
        print(joke)


start_time = time.perf_counter()
main(10)
delta = time.perf_counter() - start_time
print(f"Downloaded in {delta}s")