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Convert DOCX to Text by Unzipping XML in Python

Extract plain text from a .docx file by unzipping the container and parsing word/document.xml with regex, using only Python's standard library.

docx zipfile xml

Python

import zipfile
import re
from pathlib import Path

def docx_to_text_unzip_xml(docx_path: str) -> str:
    """Extract plain text from a .docx file by unzipping and parsing document.xml."""
    docx_path = Path(docx_path)
    if not docx_path.exists():
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"File not found: {docx_path}")

   …

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Find Sensitive Information in Log Files with Python

Scan log files for emails, IP addresses, API keys, and passwords using regular expressions in Python.

regex security log-analysis

Python

import re
import os
from pathlib import Path

def find_sensitive_info(log_path):
    """Scans log files for patterns like emails, IPs, API keys, and passwords."""
    patterns = {
        'Email': r'[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}',
        'IP Address': r'\b(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\b',
        'API Key'…

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How to Generate Project Statistics Including Lines of Code and Complexity in Python

Walk through a Python script that scans a project directory for Python files, counts lines of code excluding blanks and comments, and estimates cyclomatic complexity by counting decision keywords.

code metrics lines of code cyclomatic complexity

Python

import os
from pathlib import Path

def count_lines_of_code(filepath):
    """Counts lines of code in a Python file, excluding blank lines and comments."""
    try:
        with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
            lines = f.readlines()
        code_lines = [line for line in lines if line.strip() and not line.strip()…

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