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Automation & scripting easy

How to Auto Organize Downloads by File Extension in Python

A Python script that sorts files in a directory into subfolders based on their file extensions, creating folders automatically.

file-organization automation pathlib
Python
import os
import shutil
from pathlib import Path

def organize_downloads(download_dir="~/Downloads"):
    """Move files in a directory into subfolders based on file extension."""
    download_path = Path(download_dir).expanduser()
    
    if not download_path.exists():
        print(f"Directory not found: {download_p…
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Automation & scripting easy

How to Automatically Download Every Favicon from a List of Websites in Python

Download each website's favicon.ico file by constructing its URL, making a GET request, and saving the binary content locally.

web-scraping automation download
Python
import requests
from urllib.parse import urlparse
import os

websites = [
    "https://www.google.com",
    "https://www.github.com",
    "https://www.stackoverflow.com"
]

def download_favicon(url):
    parsed = urlparse(url)
    favicon_url = f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.netloc}/favicon.ico"
    response = requests.g…
38 0 Open
Automation & scripting easy

How to Download a List of URLs to a Directory in Python

This script downloads a list of URLs into a specified directory, creating the folder if needed and keeping original filenames.

urllib download file-io
Python
import urllib.request
from pathlib import Path

def download_urls(url_list, directory):
    """Download each URL in url_list into directory, keeping original filenames."""
    save_dir = Path(directory)
    save_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    
    for url in url_list:
        filename = url.rstrip('/').spl…
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Automation & scripting easy

How to automatically organize your Downloads folder by file type in Python

This script scans the Downloads folder and moves files into sub-folders based on their extensions (e.g., Images, Documents, Videos).

file organization automation os
Python
import os
import shutil
from pathlib import Path

def organize_downloads_folder(downloads_path=None):
    if downloads_path is None:
        downloads_path = str(Path.home() / "Downloads")
    
    if not os.path.exists(downloads_path):
        print(f"Path {downloads_path} does not exist.")
        return
    
    fi…
40 0 Open
Cloud + Python easy

Mock Azure Blob Upload and Download in Python

Simulate Azure Blob Storage upload and download operations with a lightweight in-memory mock class for testing.

azure mock testing
Python
import io
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone

class MockBlob:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.content = b""
        self.properties = {
            "last_modified": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
            "size": 0,
        }

    def upload(self, data, …
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API design & gRPC easy

How to Mock Content-Disposition and Extract Filename in Python

Parse and mock Content-Disposition headers in Python to extract filenames, handling both plain and RFC 5987 encoded values.

http mocking regex
Python
import os
from pathlib import Path
import re
from unittest.mock import patch

def get_filename_from_content_disposition(header_value):
    """
    Extract filename from a Content-Disposition header value.
    Supports both filename and filename* parameters (RFC 5987).
    """
    if not header_value:
        return No…
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