Download all available xkcd comics metadata as json list

xkcd.py

import asyncio

import aiohttp
import json


async def main():
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        n = (await (await session.get("https://xkcd.com/info.0.json")).json())["num"]

        with open("xkcd.json", "w") as f:
            f.write(json.dumps([
                c for c in await asyncio.gather(*[
                    r.json()
                    for r in await asyncio.gather(*[
                        session.get(f"https://xkcd.com/{i}/info.0.json")
                        for i in range(1, n + 1)
                        if i not in [404]
                    ])
                ])
            ], indent=4))


asyncio.run(main())