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Build a Website Accessibility Scanner Using Python

Scans a webpage for common accessibility issues like missing alt text, headings, labels, and landmarks using only Python.

accessibility a11y html

Python

import requests
from urllib.parse import urljoin
from html.parser import HTMLParser
import re

class AccessibilityParser(HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.images_without_alt = []
        self.missing_headings = True
        self.has_main_tag = False
        self.label_for_inp…

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How to Scan Files Against a Malware Hash List in Python

Compare a file's SHA-256 hash against a known malware hash set and report whether it's clean or infected.

hashlib file-scanning security

Python

import hashlib
from pathlib import Path

# Mock file content (in real usage, read from disk)
MOCK_FILE_CONTENT = b"print('hello world')"

KNOWN_MALWARE_HASHES = {
    "8d969eef6ecad3c29a3a629280e686cf0c3f5d5a86aff3ca12020c923adc6c92",
    "5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc6292773603d0d6aabbdd62a11ef721d1542d8",
}

def sha25…

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How to Scan Open Ports on a Host with Python

A Python function that uses socket.connect_ex to check for open TCP ports on a given host within a range and returns a list of open ports.

socket network port-scanning

Python

import socket

def scan_ports(host, start_port, end_port):
    open_ports = []
    for port in range(start_port, end_port + 1):
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.settimeout(0.5)
        result = sock.connect_ex((host, port))
        if result == 0:
            open_ports.app…

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Port Scan Localhost Common Ports in Python

Scan common localhost ports (HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, FTP, and more) with a fast socket-based Python script that prints an open/closed status table.

socket port-scanning network

Python

import socket
from datetime import datetime

COMMON_PORTS = {
    80: "HTTP", 
    443: "HTTPS", 
    22: "SSH", 
    21: "FTP", 
    25: "SMTP",
    3306: "MySQL",
    5432: "PostgreSQL"
}

def scan_port(port):
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.settimeout(0.1)
    try:
        resu…

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