`latest-user-agents` is a Python library (version 0.0.5) that provides a simple function to retrieve a list of up-to-date user agent strings for major browsers and operating systems. It fetches these lists dynamically from an external website, caches them, and makes them available for use in web scraping or testing. The project is in maintenance, with no recent updates, but its core functionality remains stable.
pip install latest-user-agents requestsVerified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.
Fetches a list of current user agent strings and demonstrates selecting a random one. It includes a check for an empty list, which can occur if the external source is unavailable. Note that `requests` is implicitly required for internal fetching and explicitly for the example.
Ensure `requests` is installed alongside `latest-user-agents` by running `pip install latest-user-agents requests`.
Verify the availability of `useragents.me` or consider a different user agent source if reliability is critical. The library does not provide built-in fallbacks and may return an empty list upon failure.
The library does not expose a way to manually clear the cache or adjust the expiry via its public API. If fresher data is required before the 24-hour expiry, you might need to restart your application or consider a workaround.