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vinovator / shopper.py
Last active August 29, 2015 14:25
Open multiple shopping sites for one search parameter
# python 3
# shopper.py
'''
This is a very simple and effective program.
Open multiple shopping sites for one search parameter at one go
Search for a product term as a command prompt argument
Multiple words separated by space is fine
e.g. shooper.py iphone 6
'''
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vinovator / FileManipulation.py
Last active August 29, 2015 14:25
Basic methods and best practices for file manipulation
# Python 3.4
import os
# Windows uses backward slash; Mac & Linux uses forward slash
# But python will always recognise forward slash
# Python recognises everything as a sequence of unicode characters (string)
# Computer manages directories as a sequence of bytes (byte stream)\
# To read or write unicode characters from byte stream, encoding is required
# Different OS use different methods for encoding
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vinovator / XKCDDownloader.py
Last active June 10, 2018 06:19
Download all XKCD comics - incomplete
# Python 3
# XKCDDownloader.py
########################################################################################################################
# Algorithm
# 1) Open the latest page of XKCD
# 2) Download the image, title and alternate text from the page and save the images in specified folder
# 3) Build a html file which contains the alt, title and src in a html file
# 4) If any error in download skip the page
# 5) Find the previous page url from current page and repeat steps 2, 3 & 4
# 6) Continue until you find the very 1st comic
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vinovator / DueReminder.py
Created June 29, 2015 07:11
Scenario: You maintain a membership list with due paid information maintained in an excel file. This program will automatically read the due payment informamtion and store the due pending list in a notepad file. This program can be further extended to include send text mail and send sms.
#python 3
#Read the list of names and email ids from an excel file and populate them in a text file
import openpyxl
import os
import time
def fetchUnpaidMembers(max_row, max_col, sheet):
member_count = 0
mydict = {}
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vinovator / CombinePDF.py
Created June 26, 2015 08:17
This code is used to combine 2 separate pdf files and create a single pdf file with combined content. The user needs to input the names of 2 pdf source files and the name of the destination file. The 2 source files need to be present in the folder specified in the code.
#Python 3
#CombinePDF.py
#Gets inputs of 2 PDF file names from user and combines them into 1
import PyPDF2
import os
def getFileNameFromUser (file):
pdf_file_name = input("Enter {0} name: ".format(file))
if pdf_file_name in os.listdir():