most_popular_python_repos.py

class Client:
    def get_popular_repositories(self, topic, count, per_page=100):
        urls = []
        q = "topic:{topic}&order=desc&sort=stars"
        url = f"https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q={q}"
        first_resp = self.session.get(
            url=url,
            params={"per_page": per_page}
        )
        for resp in self.paginate(first_resp):
            resp.raise_for_status()
            urls += [i['clone_url'] for i in resp.json()['items']]
            if len(urls) >= count:
                break
        return urls[:count]
    def paginate(self, response):
        while True:
            yield response
            if 'next' not in response.links:
                break
            response = self.session.get(
                url=response.links['next']['url'],
                headers=response.request.headers
            )
 
# We then ran that code like
client = Client()
clone_urls = client.get_popular_repositories(
    topic='python', count=666
)