Repeating tasks are always time-consuming and boring. Imagine cutting 100 photos one by one or doing tasks such as Fetching APIs, correcting spelling and grammar, etc., all of which take a lot of time. Why not automate them? In today’s article, I will share with you 10 Python automation scripts.
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01. Image Optimizer
This great automation script can help you process images better and you can edit them just like in Photoshop.
The script uses the popular Pillow module.
# Image Optimizing
# pip install Pillow
import PIL
# Croping
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.crop((34, 23, 100, 100))
# Resizing
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.resize((50, 50))
# Flipping
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.transpose(PIL.Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT)
# Rotating
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.rotate(360)
# Compressing
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im.save("Image1.jpg", optimize=True, quality=90)
# Bluring
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.filter(PIL.ImageFilter.BLUR)
# Sharpening
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.filter(PIL.ImageFilter.SHARPEN)
# Set Brightness
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = PIL.ImageEnhance.Brightness(im)
im = im.enhance(1.5)
# Set Contrast
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = PIL.ImageEnhance.Contrast(im)
im = im.enhance(1.5)
# Adding Filters
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = PIL.ImageOps.grayscale(im)
im = PIL.ImageOps.invert(im)
im = PIL.ImageOps.posterize(im, 4)
# Saving
im.save("Image1.jpg")
02. Video Optimizer
With the following automation script, you can not only use Python to optimize videos, but also use it to optimize images. The script uses the Moviepy module, which allows you to trim, add audio, set video speed, add VFX, etc.
# Video Optimizer
# pip install moviepy
import moviepy.editor as pyedit
# Load the Video
video = pyedit.VideoFileClip("vid.mp4")
# Trimming
vid1 = video.subclip(0, 10)
vid2 = video.subclip(20, 40)
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([vid1, vid2])
# Speed up the video
final_vid = final_vid.speedx(2)
# Adding Audio to the video
aud = pyedit.AudioFileClip("bg.mp3")
final_vid = final_vid.set_audio(aud)
# Reverse the Video
final_vid = final_vid.fx(pyedit.vfx.time_mirror)
# Merge two videos
vid1 = pyedit.VideoFileClip("vid1.mp4")
vid2 = pyedit.VideoFileClip("vid2.mp4")
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([vid1, vid2])
# Add VFX to Video
vid1 = final_vid.fx(pyedit.vfx.mirror_x)
vid2 = final_vid.fx(pyedit.vfx.invert_colors)
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([vid1, vid2])
# Add Images to Video
img1 = pyedit.ImageClip("img1.jpg")
img2 = pyedit.ImageClip("img2.jpg")
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([img1, img2])
# Save the video
final_vid.write_videofile("final.mp4")
03. Convert PDF to image
This small automated script can easily retrieve entire PDF pages and convert them into images. The script uses the popular PyMuPDF module, which is known for its PDF text extraction.
# PDF to Images
# pip install PyMuPDF
import fitz
def pdf_to_images(pdf_file):
doc = fitz.open(pdf_file)
for p in doc:
pix = p.get_pixmap()
output = f"page{p.number}.png"
pix.writePNG(output)
pdf_to_images("test.pdf")
04. Get API Data
If you need to get API data from a database or need to send an API request to a server, this automation script is a convenient tool for you. Using the Urllib3 module, you can get and post API requests.
# pip install urllib3
import urllib3
# Fetch API data
url = "https://api.github.com/users/psf/repos"
http = urllib3.PoolManager()
response = http.request('GET', url)
print(response.status)
print(response.data)
# Post API data
url = "https://httpbin.org/post"
http = urllib3.PoolManager()
response = http.request('POST', url, fields={'hello': 'world'})
print(response.status)
05. Battery indicator light
This convenient script allows you to set the battery percentage at which you want to receive notifications. The script uses Pyler for notifications and Psutil to get the current battery percentage.
# Battery Notifier
# pip instal plyer
from plyer import notification
import psutil
from time import sleep
while True:
battery = psutil.sensors_battery()
life = battery.percent
if life < 50:
notification.notify(
title = "Battery Low",
message = "Please connect to power source",
timeout = 10
)
sleep(60)
06. Grammar fixer
Tired of proofreading your long articles or texts? Then, you can try this automated script which will scan your text and correct grammar errors. This great script uses the Happtransformer module, which is a machine learning module trained to fix grammar errors in text.
# Grammer Fixer
# pip install happytransformer
from happytransformer import HappyTextToText as HappyTTT
from happytransformer import TTSettings
def Grammer_Fixer(Text):
Grammer = HappyTTT("T5","prithivida/grammar_error_correcter_v1")
config = TTSettings(do_sample=True, top_k=10, max_length=100)
corrected = Grammer.generate_text(Text, args=config)
print("Corrected Text: ", corrected.text)
Text = "This is smple tet we how know this"
Grammer_Fixer(Text)
07. Spelling correction
This great script will help you correct spelling errors in your text words. You can find the script below which will tell you how to fix single or multiple words in a sentence.
# Spell Fixer
# pip install textblob
from textblob import *
# Fixing Paragraph Spells
def fix_paragraph_words(paragraph):
sentence = TextBlob(paragraph)
correction = sentence.correct()
print(correction)
# Fixing Words Spells
def fix_word_spell(word):
word = Word(word)
correction = word.correct()
print(correction)
fix_paragraph_words("This is sammple tet!!")
fix_word_spell("maangoo")
08. Internet downloader
You may use download software to download photos or videos from the internet, but now you can create your own downloader using the Python IDM module.
# Python Downloader
# pip install internetdownloadmanager
import internetdownloadmanager as idm
def Downloader(url, output):
pydownloader = idm.Downloader(worker=20,
part_size=1024*1024*10,
resumable=True,)
pydownloader .download(url, output)
Downloader("Link url", "image.jpg")
Downloader("Link url", "video.mp4")
09. Get world news
Use this automated script to stay updated on daily world news anytime, in any language from any country/region. This API allows you to get 50 news articles for free every day.
# World News Fetcher
# pip install requests
import requests
ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"
url = "https://api.worldnewsapi.com/search-news?text=hurricane&api-key={ApiKey}"
headers = {
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print("News: ", response.json())
10. PySide2 GUI
This automated script will help you create your GUI application using the PySide2 Gui module. You can find below every method needed to start developing the frontend of modern applications.
# PySide 2
# pip install PySide2
from PySide6.QtWidgets import *
from PySide6.QtGui import *
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = QWidget()
# Resize the Window
window.resize(500, 500)
# Set the Window Title
window.setWindowTitle("PySide2 Window")
# Add Buttons
button = QPushButton("Click Me", window)
button.move(200, 200)
# Add Label Text
label = QLabel("Hello Medium", window)
label.move(200, 150)
# Add Input Box
input_box = QLineEdit(window)
input_box.move(200, 250)
print(input_box.text())
# Add Radio Buttons
radio_button = QRadioButton("Radio Button", window)
radio_button.move(200, 300)
# Add Checkbox
checkbox = QCheckBox("Checkbox", window)
checkbox.move(200, 350)
# Add Slider
slider = QSlider(window)
slider.move(200, 400)
# Add Progress Bar
progress_bar = QProgressBar(window)
progress_bar.move(200, 450)
# Add Image
image = QLabel(window)
image.setPixmap(QPixmap("image.png"))
# Add Message Box
msg = QMessageBox(window)
msg.setText("Message Box")
msg.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok | QMessageBox.Cancel)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec())