Files & data
Read and write files safely; parse JSON, CSV, and common text formats.
Download Files from Internet with Progress Bar in Python
Download a file from the internet while displaying a text progress bar in the terminal.
import urllib.request
import sys
def download_with_progress(url, filename):
"""Download a file with a simple text progress bar."""
def report_hook(block_count, block_size, total_size):
downloaded = block_count * block_size
if total_size > 0:
percent = min(100, int(downloaded * 100 …Extract Hyperlinks from Word Documents in Python
Parses a .docx file using Python's standard library to extract every hyperlink's display text and target URL.
import zipfile
from pathlib import Path
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
def extract_hyperlinks_from_docx(filepath: str) -> list[dict]:
"""
Extract all hyperlinks from a .docx file.
Returns a list of dicts with 'text' and 'target' keys.
"""
hyperlinks = []
with zipfile.ZipFile(Path(filepath)…How to Fetch Weather Data from a Public API in Python
Fetches and parses weather data from a free public API using only the Python standard library.
import urllib.request
import json
def get_weather(city):
base_url = f"https://wttr.in/{city}?format=j1"
with urllib.request.urlopen(base_url) as response:
data = json.loads(response.read().decode())
current = data["current_condition"][0]
temp = current["temp_C"]
desc = current["weatherDesc…Browse by section
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