web-and-file-utils 0.1.3

Useful web and file utilities in Python

web_and_file_utils - Package Description

This package contains simple web and file utilities in Python.It currently includes -

• Getting up/down status of a list of websites as a mail/text document from
  1. text file containing URLs list
  2. path of directories containing .url files (Internet Shortcut files) i.e. directories having bookmarked sites or favourite sites from browsers
• Getting list of paths of all files of a particular extension from multiple directories in a text file(for easy access to their paths during development and other purposes)

Installation

Package can be installed as : pip install web_and_file_utils

Modules and Usages

Modules present in the package are : getstat, mailstat, getdictstat and filepack

getstat module

Import as : from web_and_file_utils import getstat

Methods Description:

• urlstat_with_dirpath(directory_path) This method takes path of directories having .url files (Internet Shortcut files) as argument and creates a res.txt file containing the up/down status list of all the websites in the working directory.

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname' should be given as argument.

Do not confuse working directory with directory where script is present.

• urlstat_with_file(filepath) This method takes path of the file containing the list of URLs to be checked as argument. It creates a res.txt file containing the up/down status list of all the websites in the working directory.(Protocol should be present in the URLs in the file i.e. http, https etc should be mentioned)

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname' should be given as argument

Do not confuse working directory with directory where script is present.

How to Call A Method : getstat.urlstat_with_dirpath(directory_path)

mailstat module

Import as : from web_and_file_utils import mailstat

Methods Description:

• urlstatmail_with_dirpath(directory_path,fromadd,toadd,pswd,smtphost) This method takes path of directories having .url files (Internet Shortcut files),sender's mail id, recipient's mail id,sender's mail password and smtp server address as arguments and automatically mail a res.txt file containing the up/down status list of all the websites in the working directory.

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname' should be given as argument

Disclaimer : In order to use this method with automatic mail function using your mail id,your id and password needs to be provided as arguments and you need to enable access to less-secure apps from your mail id.It uses the smtplib module. Make sure to use this method for personal use only and compulsorily delete all arguments containing data before sharing the script with anyone.In case of any privacy breach,creator of this package will not be responsible whatsoever.

Use the getstat module if you don't want the automatic mailing functionality

• urlstatmail_with_file(filepath,fromadd,toadd,pswd,smtphost) This method takes path of the file containing the list of URLs to be checked,sender's mail id, recipient's mail id,sender's mail password and smtp server address as arguments. It automatically mails a res.txt file containing the up/down status list of all the websites in the working directory.(Protocol should be present in the URLs in the file i.e. http, https etc should be mentioned)

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname' should be given as argument

Disclaimer : In order to use this method with automatic mail function using your mail id,your id and password needs to be provided as arguments and you need to enable access to less-secure apps from your mail id.It uses the smtplib module. Make sure to use this method for personal use only and compulsorily delete all arguments containing data before sharing the script with anyone.In case of any privacy breach,creator of this package will not be responsible whatsoever.

Use the getstat module if you don't want the automatic mailing functionality

How to Call A Method : mailstat.urlstatmail_with_dirpath(directory_path,fromadd,toadd,pswd,smtphost)

getdictstat module

Import as : from web_and_file_utils import getdictstat

Methods Description:

• urldictstat_with_dirpath(directory_path) This method takes path of directories having .url files (Internet Shortcut files) as argument and returns a dictionary containing the up/down status list of all the websites in the working directory , with website names as key and status as it's value.

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname' should be given as argument

• urldictstat_with_file(filepath) This method takes path of the file containing the list of URLs to be checked as argument and returns a dictionary containing the up/down status list of all the websites in the working directory , with website names as key and status as it's value.(Protocol should be present in the URLs in the file i.e. http, https etc should be mentioned)

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname' should be given as argument

How to Call A Method : getdictstat.urldictstat_with_dirpath(directory_path)

filepack module

Import as : from web_and_file_utils import filepack

Methods Description:

• get_files_list(fpath,ext) This method takes a list of paths we want to get our files from, and the extension of those files as arguments.It creates filelist.txt in the working directory containing the paths of all the files with the given extension from all the given paths. This is particularly useful for developers to gather all required file paths in one place using single script for further use.

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. [r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname',r'D:\xyz'] should be given as the fpath argument

Do not confuse working directory with directory where script is present.

• mail_files_list(path,ext,fromadd,toadd,pswd,smtphost) This method takes a list of paths we want to get our files from,the extension of those files,sender's mail id, recipient's mail id,sender's mail password and smtp server address as arguments.It automatically mails a filelist.txt file containing the paths of all the files with the given extension from all the given paths. This is particularly useful for developers to gather all required file paths in one place using single script for further use.

Note: While entering path prefix a 'r'. For eg. [r'C:\Users\yourname\dirname',r'D:\xyz'] should be given as the fpath argument

Disclaimer : In order to use this method with automatic mail function using your mail id,your id and password needs to be provided as arguments and you need to enable access to less-secure apps from your mail id.It uses the smtplib module. Make sure to use this method for personal use only and compulsorily delete all arguments containing data before sharing the script with anyone.In case of any privacy breach,creator of this package will not be responsible whatsoever.

Use the get_files_list(fpath,ext) method if you don't want the automatic mailing functionality

Change Log

22-04-2020

• Added getstat , mailstat , getdictstat and filepack modules Refer to README.md for details on these modules.