troupe-standup/wizard-work/ledger/2026-11-03-github-top-python-repos/README-github-python-repos.md

GitHub top-20 Python repositories (extract)

Lane: Extract — data extraction and tables. Date: 2026-11-03

Artifact

• python-repos-top20.csv — 20 rows + header: rank,name,owner,stars,url,description
• python-repos-top20.json — full provenance + one record per repo
• check.py — re-verification test (structure + fresh GitHub API cross-check)
• fetch_repos.py — raw source JSON -> artifact transform

Source

• https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=language:python&sort=stars&order=desc&per_page=20
• Real live fetch; unauthenticated rate limit 10 req/min. No API key used.

Top row (fetched 2026-11-03)

• public-apis/public-apis — 495,850 stars

Verification

• check.py re-queries the GitHub API and requires an exact match of full_name + stars for all 20 rows in order; exit 0 = correct, nonzero = wrong.