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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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Extract All Links from Any Website in Python

Scrape a webpage and extract all absolute HTTP/HTTPS links using requests and regex.

web-scraping links requests

Python

import requests
import re
from urllib.parse import urljoin

def extract_links(url):
    try:
        response = requests.get(url)
        response.raise_for_status()
        html = response.text
        # Find all href attributes in anchor tags
        pattern = r'href=["\'](.*?)["\']'
        raw_links = re.findall(p…

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Extract Every Open Graph and Social Media Meta Tag from Web Pages in Python

A Python script that fetches a webpage and extracts all Open Graph, Twitter Card, Facebook, and Article meta tags using the standard library HTML parser.

meta tags open graph twitter cards

Python

from html.parser import HTMLParser
import re
from urllib.request import urlopen
from urllib.parse import urlparse

class MetaExtractor(HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.meta_tags = []
    
    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
        if tag == 'meta':
            attrs_…

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Generate Beautiful Project Documentation from Python Source Code Automatically

Automatically generate a markdown summary of function docstrings from any Python source file using the AST module.

ast automation documentation

Python

import ast
import inspect
from pathlib import Path

def extract_docstrings_from_file(filepath):
    """Parse a Python file and collect function docstrings."""
    source = Path(filepath).read_text()
    tree = ast.parse(source)

    docs = []
    for node in ast.walk(tree):
        if isinstance(node, (ast.FunctionDef…

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How to Generate a Dependency Graph for Python Projects

This script walks through a Python project directory, parses each .py file's imports, and prints a dependency graph showing which modules depend on which other modules.

ast dependency graph import parsing

Python

import os
import ast
from pathlib import Path
from collections import defaultdict

def get_imports(filepath):
    with open(filepath) as f:
        try:
            tree = ast.parse(f.read())
        except SyntaxError:
            return []
    imports = []
    for node in ast.walk(tree):
        if isinstance(node, …

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How to check Python files for common coding mistakes

Walks a directory tree parsing each .py file with ast, reporting empty functions, bare try blocks, too many parameters, and empty classes.

ast linting code-quality

Python

import ast
import os
import sys

def check_file(filepath):
    try:
        with open(filepath) as f:
            code = f.read()
        tree = ast.parse(code, filename=filepath)
    except SyntaxError as e:
        print(f"{filepath}: SyntaxError: {e.msg}")
        return
    
    issues = []
    for node in ast.wal…

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