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Extract Email-Like Tokens from Text in Python
Uses a regular expression to find all email-like tokens in a string, returning them as a list with re.findall.
import re
def extract_email_like_tokens(text):
pattern = r'\b[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}\b'
return re.findall(pattern, text)
if __name__ == "__main__":
sample_text = (
"Contact us at support@example.com or sales@company.co.uk. "
"Invalid: hello@world, user@.com, test@do…
How to Accumulate Streamed Tokens into a Final String in Python
Accumulate a stream of tokens into a single final string by concatenating each token in sequence.
def accumulate_tokens(tokens):
"""Accumulate a stream of tokens into a single final string."""
result = ""
for token in tokens:
result += token
return result
if __name__ == "__main__":
token_stream = ["Hello", ", ", "world", "!", " This ", "is ", "accumulated."]
final_string = accumul…
How to Estimate Token Count in Python
Estimates tokens in a text string using a whitespace and punctuation heuristic without external libraries.
def estimate_tokens(text: str) -> int:
"""Estimate token count using whitespace and punctuation heuristics."""
if not text:
return 0
words = text.split()
total_punctuation = sum(1 for char in text if char in ".,!?;:")
special_tokens = sum(1 for char in text if char in "\n\t")
# Rough …
How to Stream Tokens from a Mock LLM in Python
Simulate real-time LLM streaming by yielding tokens one at a time with a delay, making it easy to test streaming UIs.
import time
from typing import Generator
def stream_tokens(text: str, delay: float = 0.05) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
"""Simulate an LLM streaming tokens word by word."""
for word in text.split():
yield word
time.sleep(delay)
if __name__ == "__main__":
sample = "Hello world! This is…
How to Truncate Text to a Token Budget in Python
Truncate a string to a maximum token budget for LLM context using the tiktoken library and OpenAI's tokenizer.
import tiktoken
def truncate_to_token_budget(text, max_tokens, model="gpt-3.5-turbo"):
enc = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(model)
tokens = enc.encode(text)
if len(tokens) <= max_tokens:
return text
truncated_tokens = tokens[:max_tokens]
return enc.decode(truncated_tokens)
if __name__ == "__…
How to compute ROUGE recall in Python
Compute ROUGE recall by counting token overlap between a reference and candidate summary with pure Python.
def rouge_recall(reference, candidate):
ref_tokens = reference.lower().split()
cand_tokens = candidate.lower().split()
ref_counts = {}
for token in ref_tokens:
ref_counts[token] = ref_counts.get(token, 0) + 1
cand_counts = {}
for token in cand_tokens:
cand_counts[token] = cand…
Generate an Idempotency-Key header mock with UUID in Python
This code provides a mock idempotency service that generates a UUID-based Idempotency-Key header token and validates it, useful for simulating production API behavior in tests.
import uuid
class MockIdempotencyService:
def __init__(self):
self._tokens = {}
def get_token(self, header_name="Idempotency-Key"):
token = str(uuid.uuid4())
self._tokens[header_name] = token
return token
def validate(self, header_name="Idempotency-Key"):
return s…
How to Validate a JWT Signature in Python with a Mock Secret
Validates a JWT's signature using a mock secret, decoding and handling expired or invalid tokens gracefully.
import jwt
import time
SECRET = "mock_secret_key_123"
def validate_token(token):
try:
payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET, algorithms=["HS256"])
return f"Valid token. Payload: {payload}"
except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
return "Token expired"
except jwt.InvalidTokenError:
…
How to implement a token bucket rate limiter in Python
A thread-safe in-memory token bucket rate limiter that tracks per-key tokens with refill logic, including a usage example after a timed refill.
import time
import threading
class TokenBucketRateLimiter:
def __init__(self, capacity, refill_rate):
self.capacity = capacity
self.refill_rate = refill_rate
self.tokens = capacity
self.last_refill_time = time.time()
self.lock = threading.Lock()
def allow_request(self,…
How to Build a Rate Limiter in Python
A beginner-friendly token bucket rate limiter with retry logic for handling API rate limits in Python.
import time
import random
class RateLimiter:
"""Simple token bucket rate limiter for beginners."""
def __init__(self, max_tokens=5, refill_rate=1.0):
self.max_tokens = max_tokens
self.tokens = max_tokens
self.refill_rate = refill_rate # tokens per second
self.last_refill …
How to Redact Secrets from Log Messages in Python
Build a lightweight RedactingFormatter class that replaces sensitive tokens like passwords and API keys with [REDACTED] before log messages are printed.
class RedactingFormatter:
def __init__(self, secrets):
self.secrets = secrets
def redact(self, message):
for secret in self.secrets:
message = message.replace(secret, "[REDACTED]")
return message
def format(self, record):
message = record["message"]
ret…
How to mock a SPIFFE workload identity in Python
Generate a mock SPIFFE ID and token for a workload using a trust domain, namespace, and service account.
import hashlib
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
@dataclass
class SPIFFEIdentity:
trust_domain: str
namespace: str
service_account: str
@property
def id(self) -> str:
return f"spiffe://{self.trust_domain}/ns/{self.namespace}/sa/{self.service_account}"
def mock_workl…
How to Revoke Tokens with a Blacklist Set in Python
A minimal TokenBlacklist class using a Python set to revoke, batch-revoke, check, and remove expired tokens for simple token invalidation.
import time
class TokenBlacklist:
def __init__(self):
self.blacklisted_tokens = set()
def revoke(self, token):
self.blacklisted_tokens.add(token)
print(f"Token {token} revoked. Blacklist size: {len(self.blacklisted_tokens)}")
def revoke_batch(self, tokens):
before = len(s…
How to mock short TTL access tokens in Python
Simulate short-lived access tokens with a TTL, issue and validate them, and watch expiry behavior.
import time
import uuid
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
class AccessTokenManager:
def __init__(self, ttl_seconds=30):
self.ttl_seconds = ttl_seconds
self.tokens = {}
def issue_token(self):
token_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
expiry = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=self.t…
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