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Python for IT specialists tasks automation EuroPython 2015, Bilbao @2015, G.Nieri @ Talk contents Well show tools and scripts to automate different common tasks using Python scripts. This talk is just a starting point for your new life

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Python for IT specialists tasks automation

EuroPython 2015, Bilbao

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Talk contents

We’ll show tools and scripts to automate different common tasks using Python scripts. This talk is just a starting point for your new life as automation addicted

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Who is Gianluca Nieri?

  • Software developer;
  • Amazon AWS Architect and DevOps;
  • Technical writer;
  • Automation&Python addicted;

Web: www.gianlucanieri.com Mail: gianluca@gianlucanieri.com Twitter: @gianx

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Introduction - Why automation?

Save time No errors Less disctractions

(found on Intermnet, I apologize with the author for not citating him)

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Introduction – When automate?

Three factors:

  • Single execution time;
  • Run frequency;
  • Accuracy.

(found on Intermnet, I apologize with the author for not citating him)

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Introduction – What can you automate?

Almost everything: … string manipulation… … information retriving… … data manipulation… … image management… … document management… Whatever you want!

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Introduction - The tools

  • Python alone is not enough
  • Writing a UI for interaction is not handy;
  • You need third-party tools to manage

interaction, activation, results handling, etc.

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Tools – What are these tools?

  • “Line command tools”: a useful tool to launch

command, macros, action without leaving your workflow;

  • “Text expansion tools”: expand text snippets

and automatically retrive informations

  • “File trigger tools”: do action based on

filesystem objects, files, folder, etc.

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Tools - What software do we need?

Tools OS X Linux Windows Command line ● Alfred

  • Keyboard

Maestro

  • Synapse
  • Mutate
  • Kupfer
  • Gnome Do
  • Listary
  • Launcy

Text expansion

  • Text

expander

  • AutoKey
  • Autotext
  • Phrase

expander FS Triggers

  • Hazel
  • Maid

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Alfred

(http://www.alfredapp.com/)

“Create immensely powerful workflows by connecting keywords, hotkeys and actions together to extend Alfred to do amazing things without writing a single line of code!”

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Keyboard maestro

(http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/)

“Keyboard Maestro can help improve almost every aspect

  • f using your Mac

[...] like typing your email address, or going to Gmail or Facebook, launching Pages, or duplicating a line, all take time and add frustration”

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Text expander

(https://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander)

“TextExpander saves your fingers and your keyboard, expanding custom keyboard shortcuts into frequently-used text and pictures”

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Hazel

(http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php)

“Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically

  • rganizing your files according to the rules you create.”
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Some ideas...

Commands Text expansion Automated procedures Simple tasks

  • Translate;
  • Meteo;
  • CSV display;
  • Currency;
  • Timezones;
  • Net infos;

File actions

  • Image manipulation;
  • Copy file names;
  • Quick notes;

Advanced

  • Documenting;
  • Text manager;
  • URL shortening;
  • Pretty printing;
  • Minifying (simple);
  • List to sql;
  • Encode/decode text

(url/html);

  • Links;
  • Batch image

processing;

  • Batch upload&share;
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Net info

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… in depth...

  • Input is passed to a script via a {query}

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  • Script filter (simplified)

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<items> <item uid="1" arg="VALUE" valid="YES" autocomplete="option"> <title>Option1</title> <subtitle>First option</subtitle> <icon>icon.png</icon> </item> </items>

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Time zones

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Translate

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Quick notes

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Currency converter

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Text manager

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Pretty print

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Documenting

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Image manipulation

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Copy file names

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Meteo

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#6 - CSV Display

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Links

,,curl ,,ctitle ,,clinkm ,,clinkh

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Url shortening

,,cshort

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List to SQL

,,listsql

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Encode/Decode text

,,urlencode ,,urldecode

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Batch image processing

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Batch upload and share

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Conclusion

Where to go from here?

  • Think which are the most repetitive/sensitive

action you do on a daily basis and try to automate them, you literraly have no limits;

  • Learn about automation on mobile (Android:

Tasker, iOS: Workflow, Pythonista, Drafts);

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Conclusion

Thanks everybody! You can find all the scripts here: http://www.gianlucanieri.com/ep2015/ If you want you can contact me at: gianluca@gianlucanieri.com