How to Get the Latest Versions of Multiple npm Packages

import json
import requests
from requests.exceptions import HTTPError

def get_latest_npm_versions(npm_packages):
    latest_versions = []
    for package in npm_packages:
        url = f"https://registry.npmjs.org/{package}/latest"
        try:
            # Make an HTTP request to the npm registry to get the package info
            response = requests.get(url)

            # Check if the request was successful
            response.raise_for_status()

            # Parse the JSON response to get the package info
            package_info = json.loads(response.content)

            # Get the latest version of the package
            latest_version = package_info["version"]

            # Add the package and its latest version to the list
            latest_versions.append((package, latest_version))
        except HTTPError:
            # If the request was not successful, add the package and an error message to the list
            latest_versions.append((package, 'HTTPError'))

    return latest_versions

// input.text content:
// react
// react-dom
// redux

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print("Reading a list of packages from input.txt")
    # Read the list of packages from file input.txt
    with open("input.txt", "r") as f:
        npm_packages = f.readlines()
        npm_packages = [package.strip() for package in npm_packages]

    print("The list of packages is ready. Now getting the latest versions")

    # Get the latest versions of the packages
    latest_versions = get_latest_npm_versions(npm_packages)

    print("The list with latest versions is ready. Writing to output.txt")
    # Write the latest versions to file output.txt
    with open("output.txt", "w") as f:
        for package, version in latest_versions:
            f.write(f"{package}: {version}\n")

    # Print a success message
    print("Successfully wrote the latest versions of the packages to file output.txt")

react: 18.1.0
react-dom: 18.1.0
redux: 4.2.0