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mherrmann / timer.py
Last active December 15, 2015 16:22
Measure the time taken by some Python code
from collections import OrderedDict
from time import time
class Timer(object):
"""
Measure the time taken by some Python code, incl. its subtasks:
>>> with Timer('parent') as timer:
... sleep(0.5)
... with timer.child('child') as child:
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mherrmann / hiddenfiles_osx.py
Created October 5, 2016 08:57
Determine if a file is hidden on OS X
from ctypes import CFUNCTYPE, POINTER, c_uint8, c_void_p, c_long, addressof, \
byref, CDLL, cdll, c_char_p
from ctypes.util import find_library
def is_hidden(path):
if not isinstance(path, bytes):
path = path.encode('utf-8')
with AutoRelease() as autorelease:
url = autorelease(CFURLCreateFromFileSystemRepresentation(
None, path, len(path), False

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mherrmann / digistore_query_valid.py
Created March 25, 2020 08:55
digistore python validate thank you page
from hashlib import sha512
from urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote
def is_digistore_query_valid(qs, thankyou_page_key):
qs_dict = {key: unquote(value[0]) for key, value in parse_qs(qs).items()}
expected_sha = qs_dict.pop('sha_sign')
sha_string = ''
for key, value in sorted(qs_dict.items()):
sha_string += f'{key}={value}{thankyou_page_key}'
m = sha512()

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mherrmann / Omaha Consulting CLA.md
Created December 28, 2023 11:40
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