Automated Virtualenv Creation with Random Python Package

This code defines a function that creates a virtual environment and randomly installs a Python package within it.

Technology Stack : virtualenv, random, os, subprocess

Code Type : The type of code

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
import virtualenv

def create_virtualenv_with_random_package(name):
    # Randomly select a package to be installed in the virtual environment
    package_list = ["requests", "numpy", "pandas", "matplotlib", "flask", "django", "sqlalchemy", "psycopg2"]
    package_to_install = random.choice(package_list)
    
    # Create a virtual environment
    virtualenv.create_environment(name)
    
    # Activate the virtual environment and install the selected package
    activate_script = f"{name}/Scripts/activate"
    with open(activate_script, 'w') as activate_file:
        activate_file.write(f"pip install {package_to_install}\n")
    
    print(f"Virtual environment '{name}' created with package '{package_to_install}' installed.")