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How to Create a Mock Headless Browser Screenshot Stub in Python

This code provides a deterministic stub that simulates capturing webpage screenshots with a headless browser, returning formatted output without real browser dependencies.

mock headless screenshot

Python

import subprocess
import sys

def mock_screenshot_webpage(url: str, width: int = 1280, height: int = 800) -> str:
    """Stub that simulates taking a screenshot of a webpage using headless browser."""
    # In real implementation, you would use playwright/selenium/headless chrome
    result = {
        "url": url,
   …

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How to Generate an Inventory CSV of Installed pip Packages in Python

This script uses subprocess and csv to list all installed pip packages and write their names and versions into a CSV inventory file.

pip csv subprocess

Python

import subprocess
import csv

def get_installed_packages():
    """Return a list of (name, version) tuples for installed pip packages."""
    result = subprocess.run(
        ["pip", "list", "--format=freeze"],
        capture_output=True,
        text=True,
        check=True
    )
    packages = []
    for line in r…

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Scrape HTML Tables in Python with html.parser

Extract data from HTML tables using Python's built-in html.parser module, without third-party dependencies, by overriding callback methods to track table, row, and cell states.

html scraping parser

Python

import html.parser
from urllib.request import urlopen


class TableParser(html.parser.HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.in_table = False
        self.in_row = False
        self.in_cell = False
        self.current_cell = []
        self.rows = []
        self.row = []

    d…

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