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Convert Markdown to HTML in Python (Batch)
Convert every Markdown file in a directory to HTML with the Python markdown library, saving each result with an .html extension.
import markdown
from pathlib import Path
def convert_md_to_html(source_dir: str, dest_dir: str) -> list[str]:
src = Path(source_dir)
dst = Path(dest_dir)
dst.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
converted_files = []
for md_file in src.glob("*.md"):
html_content = markdown.markdown(md_file.…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.
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…Mock AWS Spot Instance Interruption Handler in Python
A Python class that simulates AWS Spot instance interruption checks, handling the 10% chance of termination, logging state-saving, and storing notice details.
import time
import random
class SpotInstanceHandler:
def __init__(self, instance_id):
self.instance_id = instance_id
self.interruption_notices = []
def start(self):
print(f"Spot instance {self.instance_id} started")
def check_interruption(self):
# Simulate random interrup…How to Save and Load PyTorch Model State Dict in Python
This code demonstrates how to save a PyTorch model's state dict to a file and load it back into a new model instance, verifying weights match.
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
class SimpleNet(nn.Module):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.fc1 = nn.Linear(4, 8)
self.fc2 = nn.Linear(8, 2)
def forward(self, x):
x = torch.relu(self.fc1(x))
return self.fc2(x)
if __name__ == "__main__":
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