python.py

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# Regular Expressions
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import re
haystack = file.read()
needle = '<credentialsId>(.*)</credentialsId>'
ids = [matched.group(1) for matched in re.finditer(needle, haystack)]

newstring = re.sub('^[+\- |\\\]*needle', 'replacement', haystack)

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# Generate Random Strings
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import secrets
for x in range(15):
   print(f"random hex string : {secrets.token_hex(16)}")

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# Date and Time manipulation
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import datetime
today_str = '21-02-2020 10:01'
today = datetime.datetime.strptime(today_str, '%d-%m-%Y %H:%M')
now = datetime.datetime.now()
now_pretty = now.strftime("%d-%m-%Y (%H:%M:%S.%f)")

import time
current_time_millis = int(round(time.time() * 1000))

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# JSON
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import json
json.dumps(response, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent=4, sort_keys=True)

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# Decorator
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def deco(original_function):
    def wrapper():
        print("Code Executing Before")
        original_function()
        print("Code Executing After")
    return wrapper()

@deco
def foo():
    print("This is a decorated function")

foo()
import os

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# Read secret from home .file
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def get_pinboard_token():
    secrets_dir = os.getenv('SECRETS_FILES')
    return open(f"{secrets_dir}\pinboard.token", 'r').read()