Automation & scripting
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Automatically Download the Latest Software Release from GitHub with Python
Use the GitHub API to fetch the latest release metadata and download the first asset (binary or archive) to a local directory.
import requests
import sys
from pathlib import Path
def download_latest_release(owner: str, repo: str, output_dir: str = ".") -> None:
"""Download the latest release asset from a GitHub repository."""
url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest"
response = requests.get(url)
res…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"
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