To get historical weather data in Python, install the Meteostat library using pip install meteostat or run !pip install meteostat with the exclamation mark prefix ! in a Jupyter Notebook. If you haven’t already, also install the Matplotlib library using pip install matplotlib. Then, copy the following code into your programming environment and change the … Read more
Selenium is a powerful tool for automation testing, allowing you to interact with web pages and perform various tasks, such as opening URLs, clicking buttons, and filling forms. As a popular open-source framework, Selenium supports various scripting languages, including Python. By using Python and Selenium WebDriver, you can simplify your web testing processes and gain … Read more
As a Python developer interested in building Telegram bots for pure fun and enjoyment, I bring you my curated list of top Python libraries that powerfully streamline bot creation. 1. python-telegram-bot The python-telegram-bot is one of the most straightforward libraries for building bots for the Telegram app. Easy installation: 👇 pip install python-telegram-bot –upgrade It … Read more
Method 1: Speedtest-cli To measure your Internet speed with Python, you can use the Speedtest-cli method. This Python library provides a command-line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. It performs a comprehensive test, providing download speed, upload speed, and latency data. First, install the speedtest-cli library using: pip install speedtest-cli The following example can … Read more
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You can get the YouTube thumbnail if you don’t want to create and use an API key from Google with this simple trick: YouTube uses a consistent URL pattern for their video thumbnails, which is: https://img.youtube.com/vi/<video_id>/maxresdefault.jpg The <video_id> is the part after “watch?v=” in the YouTube video link. For example, consider the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5I55aOgX2o … Read more
You can automate publishing a post on WordPress using Python by using the WordPress REST API. Here is a basic outline of how you could accomplish this: Replace ‘http://your-site-url’, ‘your-username’, and ‘your-application-password’ with your WordPress site URL, your WordPress username, and the application password you generated. ⚡ Warning: Basic Auth sends the username and password … Read more
When uploading a blog post on a WordPress blog in Python using /wp-json/wp/v2/posts, how do I set the category? You can set the category for a post using the WordPress REST API by specifying the ‘categories’ field in your request body. This field should be a list of category IDs. Here’s a simple Python example … Read more
You can use the re module in Python to use regular expressions. Here’s an example of how you can use it to find <h1>…</h1> in a string: The output is ‘My First Heading’: In this example, the re.findall() function returns all non-overlapping matches of pattern in string, as a list of strings. The string is … Read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, known as EDGAR, serves as a rich source of information. This comprehensive database houses financial reports and statements that companies are legally required to disclose, such as a quarterly report filed by institutional investment managers. However, when attempting to extract data from … 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
From April 1st through August 14th, I tracked everything I ate on cronometer.com as part of a weight loss challenge. Overall I lost almost 25 pounds at a rate of 1.2 pounds per week. I always wondered what I could learn if I could scrape that data and get it into a Jupyter Notebook. In … Read more