Create and activate a virtual environment

We are going to import Python packages to make accessing the API easier. This will keep those project packages isolated to this project. You’ll know it worked if you see (.venv) at the start of your terminal prompt.

Windows (PowerShell)

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

macOS/Linux

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