diff --git a/pyworkshop/day_one.py b/pyworkshop/day_one.py
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+++ b/pyworkshop/day_one.py
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+import requests
+from requests import status_codes
+
+
+def create_query(languages, min_stars=50000):
+    query = f"stars:>{min_stars} "
+
+    for language in languages:
+        query += f"language:{language} "
+
+        return query
+
+
+def repos_with_most_stars(languages, sort="stars", order="desc"):
+    gh_api_repo_search_url = "https://api.github.com/search/repositories"
+
+    query = create_query(languages)
+    parameters = {"q": query, "sort": sort, "order": order}
+    response = requests.get(gh_api_repo_search_url, params=parameters)
+
+    # status_code = response.status_code
+    status_code = 500
+    if status_code != 200:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"an error occurred. Status code was: {status_code}")
+    else:
+        response_json = response.json()["items"]
+        return response_json
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    languages = ["Python", "Javascript", "Ruby"]
+    results = repos_with_most_stars(languages)
+
+    for result in results:
+        language = result["language"]
+        stars = result["stargazers_count"]
+        name = result["name"]
+
+        print(f"-> {name} is a {language} repo with {stars} stars.")
diff --git a/pyworkshop/dog.py b/pyworkshop/dog.py
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+++ b/pyworkshop/dog.py
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+import requests
+
+api_url = "http://shibe.online/api/shibes?count=1"
+
+params = {"count": 10}
+response = requests.get(api_url, params=params)
+
+status_code = response.status_code
+print("status code: ", status_code)
+
+response_json = response.json()
+print(response_json)
diff --git a/pyworkshop/exceptions.py b/pyworkshop/exceptions.py
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+++ b/pyworkshop/exceptions.py
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+# this will throw an error
+try:
+    int("a")
+except ValueError as e:
+    print("oops, you can't do that!", e)
+
+print("this is the end of my program")
diff --git a/pyworkshop/mystery.py b/pyworkshop/mystery.py
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+++ b/pyworkshop/mystery.py
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+def mystery():
+    num = 10 * 3
+
+    if num == 10:
+        print("condition 10")
+        num = num * 10
+    elif num == 30:
+        print("condition 30")
+        num = num * 30
+
+    print(f"num was {num}")
+    return num
+
+
+print(mystery())
diff --git a/pyworkshop/name.py b/pyworkshop/name.py
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+++ b/pyworkshop/name.py
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+name = "Robyn"
+print(name)
diff --git a/pyworkshop/name_lib.py b/pyworkshop/name_lib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e1adc5
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+++ b/pyworkshop/name_lib.py
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+def upper_case_name(name):
+    return name.upper()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    name = "Robyn"
+    name_upper = upper_case_name(name)
+    print(f"Upper case name is {name_upper}")
+    print("dunder name", __name__)
diff --git a/pyworkshop/other_program.py b/pyworkshop/other_program.py
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+++ b/pyworkshop/other_program.py
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+import name_lib
+
+my_name = "Fred"
+upper_name = name_lib.upper_case_name(my_name)
+
+print(f"In my own code, upper name is {upper_name}")
diff --git a/pyworkshop/project.py b/pyworkshop/project.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33eb3c2
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+++ b/pyworkshop/project.py
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+greetings = ["Hello", "Bonjour", "Hola"]
+
+for greeting in greetings:
+    print(f"{greeting}, World!")