Random User Data Fetcher with urllib3

This function uses the urllib3 library to fetch information about a random user from the https://randomuser.me/ API. It specifies the user by the user_id parameter.

Technology Stack : urllib3, json

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def fetch_random_user(user_id):
    import urllib3
    import json
    from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError

    http = urllib3.PoolManager()
    url = f"https://randomuser.me/api/?id={user_id}"
    try:
        response = http.request('GET', url)
        data = json.loads(response.data.decode('utf-8'))
        return data
    except HTTPError as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
        return None

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