Creating a Random Package Virtual Environment with virtualenv

This function creates a virtual environment and randomly installs a package from a predefined list using the 'virtualenv' library.

Technology Stack : Python, virtualenv

Code Type : Python Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
import virtualenv

def create_virtualenv_with_random_package(name):
    """
    This function creates a virtual environment and installs a random package from the 'virtualenv' library.
    """
    # Generate a random package name from a predefined list
    packages = ['requests', 'numpy', 'pandas', 'matplotlib', 'flask', 'django', 'sqlalchemy']
    package = random.choice(packages)
    
    # Create a virtual environment
    virtualenv.create_environment(name)
    
    # Activate the virtual environment
    activate_script = f"{name}/Scripts/activate" if os.name == 'nt' else f"{name}/bin/activate"
    with open(activate_script, 'w') as file:
        file.write(f"source {name}/bin/activate" if os.name != 'nt' else f"source {name}/Scripts/activate")
    
    # Install the random package
    os.system(f"{activate_script} && pip install {package}")