Appending data to a CSV file is a common task in data processing. But what if the CSV file doesn’t exist yet? Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to append a dictionary to a non-existent CSV file using Python’s csv module. Prerequisites: 🧑💻 Step 1: Import CSV and OS Python Libraries 🧑💻 Step 2: Check … Read more
To upload files from your local Windows machine to an Amazon EC2 instance, you can use SSH/SFTP clients like WinSCP or PuTTY’s pscp, or use the scp command from Windows Subsystem for Linux. Let’s go with the WinSCP option since it has a graphical interface and is easy to use. Here is a step-by-step guide: … Read more
Imagine you have a project that requires you to process tons of text files, and these files are scattered throughout your folder hierarchy. By the time you finish reading this article, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to efficiently fetch all the .txt files in any folder using Python. Method 1: The Os Module The … Read more
Setting up the Environment Before diving into web scraping with Python, set up your environment by installing the necessary libraries. First, install the following libraries: requests, BeautifulSoup, and pandas. These packages play a crucial role in web scraping, each serving different purposes.✨ To install these libraries, click on the previously provided links for a full … Read more
I am running AutoGPT on an EC2 instance and encountered the following problem: ⚔️ Challenge: How to pull a file (e.g., an Image) from the EC2 instance to my local machine (Windows, Mac, Linux)? In this quick article, I share my findings! If you’re short on time, you can use these commands to exchange files … Read more
Does the nature of your work involve going through a folder full of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of files? What if you were told to organize those files according to their extension in a subdirectory, imagine how boring and time-consuming such a task would be if the files contain dozens of extensions! What if … Read more
🥒 Python pickling is another word for serializing and de-serializing Python objects, so you can store them in a binary format or transmit them across a network. Pickling helps preserving the state of objects, such as data structures or machine learning models, between different sessions or applications. The pickle module in Python’s standard library provides … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows command line working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a more “pure” in-terminal method afterward. Method 1: Using Notepad The easiest way to edit a text … Read more
For my current web project I need to upload 200 images to my website. All of them are in the same folder. Here’s the problem: 🤯 Challenge: My images have file sizes of 2 to 3 MB, so they are far too big and will significantly slow down my website. 👉 To reduce the file … Read more
I’m currently working on a website project for the Finxter ecosystem, where I’m given a folder with subfolders (and subfolders within) that contain image files. Example folder structure: folder — subfolder1 —- image1.jpg —- image2.jpg —- image3.jpg — subfolder2 —-image1.jpg —-image2.jpg Across the subfolders, the files may have the same name, which causes an issue … Read more