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@WillemRB
WillemRB / ProcessingAnimation
Last active November 15, 2024 11:14
PowerShell function to create a processing animation for long running scriptblocks.
function ProcessingAnimation($scriptBlock) {
$cursorTop = [Console]::CursorTop
try {
[Console]::CursorVisible = $false
$counter = 0
$frames = '|', '/', '-', '\'
$jobName = Start-Job -ScriptBlock $scriptBlock
@nderkach
nderkach / read_mitmproxy_dumpfile.py
Last active March 23, 2025 19:19
Read a mitmproxy dump file and generate a curl command
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Simple script showing how to read a mitmproxy dump file
#
### UPD: this feature is now avaiable in mitmproxy: https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/pull/619
from libmproxy import flow
import json, sys
@KhepryQuixote
KhepryQuixote / PyTorStemPrivoxy.md
Last active May 19, 2025 07:38
Python script to connect to Tor via Stem and Privoxy, requesting a new connection (hence a new IP as well) as desired.

Crawling Anonymously with Tor in Python

adapted from the article "Crawling anonymously with Tor in Python" by S. Acharya, Nov 2, 2013.

The most common use-case is to be able to hide one's identity using TOR or being able to change identities programmatically, for example when you are crawling a website like Google and you don’t want to be rate-limited or blocked via IP address.

Tor

Install Tor.

@atenni
atenni / README.md
Last active October 14, 2025 09:14
How to permalink to a gist's raw file

Problem: When linking to the raw version of a gist, the link changes with each revision.

Solution:

To return the first file from a gist: https://gist.github.com/[gist_user]/[gist_id]/raw/

To get a file from multi–file gist: https://gist.github.com/[gist_user]/[gist_id]/raw/[file_name]

@wontoncc
wontoncc / balloontip.py
Last active September 30, 2025 16:09
Balloon tip module, Python, using win32gui.
# -- coding: utf-8 --
from win32api import *
from win32gui import *
import win32con
import sys, os
import struct
import time
class WindowsBalloonTip: