diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca67db5..18725f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "rustls 0.21.12",
  "rustls-webpki 0.101.7",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "webpki-roots 0.25.4",
 ]
 
@@ -649,6 +651,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "minreq",
  "semver",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "toml",
  "ureq",
  "zip",
@@ -758,9 +761,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.16"
+version = "0.23.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee87ff5d9b36712a58574e12e9f0ea80f915a5b0ac518d322b24a465617925e"
+checksum = "934b404430bb06b3fae2cba809eb45a1ab1aecd64491213d7c3301b88393f8d1"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1042,27 +1045,30 @@ checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq"
-version = "2.10.1"
+version = "2.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b74fc6b57825be3373f7054754755f03ac3a8f5d70015ccad699ba2029956f4a"
+checksum = "b30e6f97efe1fa43535ee241ee76967d3ff6ff3953ebb430d8d55c5393029e7b"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "flate2",
+ "litemap",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.19",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "url",
- "webpki-roots 0.26.6",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.7",
+ "yoke",
+ "zerofrom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.5.3"
+version = "2.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d157f1b96d14500ffdc1f10ba712e780825526c03d9a49b4d0324b0d9113ada"
+checksum = "32f8b686cadd1473f4bd0117a5d28d36b1ade384ea9b5069a1c40aefed7fda60"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
@@ -1107,9 +1113,9 @@ checksum = "5f20c57d8d7db6d3b86154206ae5d8fba62dd39573114de97c2cb0578251f8e1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "0.26.6"
+version = "0.26.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "841c67bff177718f1d4dfefde8d8f0e78f9b6589319ba88312f567fc5841a958"
+checksum = "5d642ff16b7e79272ae451b7322067cdc17cadf68c23264be9d94a32319efe7e"
 dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
@@ -1222,9 +1228,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke-derive"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28cc31741b18cb6f1d5ff12f5b7523e3d6eb0852bbbad19d73905511d9849b95"
+checksum = "2380878cad4ac9aac1e2435f3eb4020e8374b5f13c296cb75b4620ff8e229154"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1264,9 +1270,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom-derive"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ea7b4a3637ea8669cedf0f1fd5c286a17f3de97b8dd5a70a6c167a1730e63a5"
+checksum = "595eed982f7d355beb85837f651fa22e90b3c044842dc7f2c2842c086f295808"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 54d6a3d..d24154b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ home = "0.5.9"
 minreq = { version = "2.12.0", features = ["https", "json-using-serde"] }
 semver = { version = "1.0.23", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
 toml = "0.8.19"
 ureq = { version = "2.10.1", features = ["json"] }
 zip = "2.2.0"
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.rs b/src/utils/utils.rs
index c3a0f9b..611c58d 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils/utils.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::{
 	path::PathBuf,
 	process,
 };
+use serde_json::{Value};
 
 // todo docstring
 pub fn user_string_to_version(version: Option<&String>) -> Version {
@@ -120,6 +121,42 @@ pub fn download_file(file_url: &str, file_path: &PathBuf) {
 	}
 }
 
+/// Takes the major and minor version and returns the full version using https://endoflife.date/api/python.json
+///
+/// # Arguments
+/// - `major_minor_version` : a string representing the "x.y" part of the release
+/// 
+/// # Output 
+/// - Will output the full version from the provided major & minor
+///
+/// #Termination
+/// - An error should be thrown if the file for checking is not found, or if the version is not found.
+///
+/// # Limitations
+/// - The function assumes that all data passed to it is in the correct format
+pub fn get_full_python_version(major_minor_version : &str) -> Option<String> {
+	let response = match minreq::get("https://endoflife.date/api/python.json").send() {
+		Ok(res) if (res.status_code == 200) => res,
+		Ok(_) => abort("todo", None),
+		Err(e) =>abort("todo", Some(&e))
+	};
+
+	let json = response.json::<Value>().unwrap();
+	
+	if let Some(json) = json.as_array() {
+		for item in json {
+			for (key, value) in item.as_object().unwrap() {
+				if (key == "cycle") && (value == major_minor_version){
+					// returns the latest
+					return Some(item["latest"].to_string());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return None;
+}
+
+
 /// Checks if the specified dependencies are installed by running their `--help` command.
 ///
 /// # Arguments