Random Virtual Environment Creation with Virtualenv Library

This function randomly selects a package from the virtualenv library and uses it to create a virtual environment.

Technology Stack : virtualenv, virtualenv.create_environment

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
import virtualenv

def create_virtualenv_with_random_package():
    # List of available packages from the virtualenv library
    packages = [
        'virtualenv',
        'virtualenvwrapper',
        'virtualenv-burrito',
        'venv',
        'virtualenv-clone',
        'virtualenv-run',
        'virtualenv-latest'
    ]
    
    # Randomly select a package from the list
    selected_package = random.choice(packages)
    
    # Create a virtual environment with the selected package
    virtualenv.create_environment(f"{selected_package}_venv")
    
    return f"Virtual environment '{selected_package}_venv' created with package '{selected_package}'."