Python file to compress a batch of jpegs/pngs of a given folder. Didn't make this a repo because was too lazy, and still had some modifications to do before posting it as a proper repo.

CompressJpeg.py

__author__  = "Anmol Jhamb, https://instagram.com/thetechgeek_"

from PIL import Image
import os 
import sys


def breakline():
    print("*"*50)


def cls():
    if os.name == "possix":
        os.system("clear")
    else:
        os.system("cls")


def main():
    breakline()
    print("Created By Anmol Jhamb")
    breakline()
    folder_name = input("Enter the folder's name: ") #Asking for the file's name.
    os.chdir(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), folder_name)) #Changing the current directory to the one with the folder. 
    files = os.listdir()
    files = [file for file in files if os.path.isfile(file)]
    for index, file in enumerate(files):
        cls()
        print(f"Currently on the file {index+1}/{len(files)}", end="\n")
        image = Image.open(file)
        image = image.convert("RGB")
        if not os.path.exists("EDITED"):
            os.makedirs("EDITED")
        edited = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "EDITED")
        og_image = image
        image.thumbnail((1000, 1000))    
        image.save("temp.jpeg")
        i = 1
        while os.stat("temp.jpeg").st_size/1024 >= 40:
            image = og_image
            if i == 8:
                break
            image.thumbnail((1000-i*100, 1000-i*100))
            image.save("temp.jpeg")
            i+=1
        os.remove("temp.jpeg")
        image.save(os.path.join(edited, file))
    cls()
    print("All the files were compressed successfully.")



if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()