Fetch a random joke from the Internet Chuck Norris Database (ICNDb) with Python 3 and Requests.

get_chuck_norris_joke.py

# Learn more about the ICNDb API at: http://www.icndb.com/api/
# Learn more about the Requests library at: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/

import requests

def get_joke():
  """fetches and prints a random joke"""
  url = "http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random"
  resp = requests.get(url)
  resp.encoding = "utf-8"
  data = resp.json()
  print(data["value"]["joke"])

get_joke()