Get a random selection from the top 5000 PyPI packages and show a short summary of them.

random_pypi.py

import random
import requests

# will be updated monthly.
top_url = "https://hugovk.github.io/top-pypi-packages/top-pypi-packages-30-days.min.json"

data = requests.get(top_url).json()
packs = [d["project"] for d in data["rows"]]

for _ in range(3):
    random_pack = random.choice(packs)
    pypi_url = "https://pypi.org/pypi/{}/json".format(random_pack)
    p = requests.get(pypi_url).json()
    print(random_pack + ":", p["info"]["summary"])