alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Utility functions for dealing with URL query strings in Python,
i.e., URLs of the form

    http://example.net?field1=value1&field2=value2

This module includes a pair of helper functions: one for getting the values
associated with a particular field; another for setting the query string

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
"""
download_files.py
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is a file downloader for Python with a few special features:

*   If the user doesn't supply a filename, try to infer a filename and
    file extension from the URL.

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
This script can be used to get a per-author RSS feed on iMore.com.  It will try to
cache the entries, so the last 40 entries from an author will show up, even if
they're no longer in the main feed.

To invoke, just call this script at the command line:

    python settern_rss.py
  

alexwlchan

// ==UserScript==
// @name         SFF.SE Show spoilers on questions with particular tags
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Show all spoilers on SFF.SE questions with specified tags
// @author       alexwlchan
// @match         *://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/*
// @match         *://meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

alexwlchan

drangreader

This is a set of scripts for aggregating RSS feeds. It's based on a script originally written by Dr. Drang: http://leancrew.com/all-this/2015/11/simpler-syndication/

Installation

Download all the files from this Gist. Put them all in a directory, create a virtualenv and install requirements:

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/env python

import urllib2
import json

HOSTNAME = "example.tumblr.com"
API_KEY = "abcdefg"

URL = "http://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/{host}/posts?api_key={key}".format(host=HOSTNAME, key=API_KEY)

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
This is a script designed to be "safe" drop-in replacements for the
shutil move() and copyfile() functions.

These functions are safe because they should never overwrite an
existing file. In particular, if you try to move/copy to dst and
there's already a file at dst, these functions will attempt to copy to
a slightly different (but free) filename, to avoid accidental data loss.

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
A quick script for tidying up data from the HealthKit export file.

To get an export file:
 1) Open the Health app on iOS
 2) Under "Health Data", select "All"
 3) Use the share button to get a copy of your data in XML format

This script allows you to get data for one particular value, and turn it into

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/python
"""elapsed.py - a script for providing a human-readable string of how much time
has elapsed since a given date, implemented only using the standard library.
Modelled on the style of dates used on Stack Overflow posts.
"""

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def print_date(date, incl_year=True, short_months=True):
    """Prints a datetime object as a full date, stripping off any leading

alexwlchan

#!/usr/bin/python
"""A  script for managing a dictionary of acronyms. For context, see the
associated blog post: http://alexwlchan.net/2014/12/acronyms/

Invoke with the -h or --help flag for a usage message:

$ ./acronyms.py -h

Invoke with the -a or --add flag to add an acronym: