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Functions & basics medium

How to Parse Function Signatures in Python with inspect

Extract a function's parameter names, kinds, defaults, annotations, and return type using Python's built-in inspect module.

inspect function signature introspection
Python
import inspect

def example_function(a: int, b: str = "default", *args, c: float = 1.5, **kwargs) -> bool:
    """An example function with various parameter types."""
    return True

def parse_signature(func):
    """Parse a function's signature using the inspect module."""
    sig = inspect.signature(func)
    param…
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Automation & scripting medium

Create a Python Script That Detects Website Technology Stack Automatically

This script sends an HTTP request to a URL and inspects headers and HTML content to identify technologies like servers, frameworks, and JavaScript libraries.

requests web scraping tech stack
Python
import requests
from re import search

def detect_tech_stack(url):
    tech_stack = []
    try:
        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
        headers = response.headers
        html = response.text.lower() if response.text else ''

        # Check server header
        …
43 0 Open
Database scaling & optimization medium

How to Create a Covering Index with INCLUDE Columns in Python

Create a covering index with INCLUDE columns in SQLite from Python and inspect the query plan to confirm the index covers the query.

sqlite indexing covering index
Python
import sqlite3

def create_covering_index_mock():
    conn = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
    cursor = conn.cursor()

    cursor.execute("""
        CREATE TABLE employees (
            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
            name TEXT,
            department TEXT,
            salary INTEGER
        )
    """)

    employe…
15 0 Open
Production deployment patterns medium

How to Mock Kubernetes Secret Mounts in Python

Create and inspect a mock Kubernetes secret volume mount using the official client library and unittest.mock.

kubernetes mock testing
Python
import json
from kubernetes import client, config, watch
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch

def create_mock_mount_spec():
    """Create a mock Kubernetes secret volume mount."""
    mock_client = Mock()
    mock_client.api_version = "v1"
    mock_client.kind = "Secret"
    mock_client.metadata = {"name": "my-secre…
14 0 Open
Production deployment patterns medium

How to Mock Kubernetes Services with a ClusterIP Registry in Python

Simulate Kubernetes service discovery by assigning ClusterIP addresses to dataclass-defined services, with JSON export for inspection or testing.

kubernetes clusterip mock
Python
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
from typing import Dict, Optional


@dataclass
class Service:
    name: str
    namespace: str
    cluster_ip: str
    selector: Dict[str, str]
    port: int
    target_port: Optional[int] = None


class ClusterIPServiceRegistry:
    _ip_counter = 0

    def __init…
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