get latest python version string maybe....

# This example is not good for production use

from urllib.request import urlopen, URLError
from html.parser import HTMLParser
from functools import cache


class Parser(HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.versions = []
        self.feed(urlopen("https://www.python.org/ftp/python").read().decode())
        self.versions.sort(key=self._by_version)

    def handle_starttag(self, tag, content):
        content = dict(content)
        match tag:
            case "a" if "href" in content and content["href"][0].isdigit():
                self.versions.append(content["href"].rstrip("/"))

    @staticmethod
    def _by_version(value):
        return list(map(int, value.split(".")))


@cache
def get_latest_python_version():
    try:
        parser = Parser()
    except URLError:
        raise RuntimeError("Could not request python.org")
    # removing latest version, which should be always
    # a development version
    return parser.versions[-2]



get_latest_python_version()