Python Automation Toolkit

A collection of practical Python scripts designed to automate repetitive daily tasks.

Included Scripts

1. Web Scraper (web_scraper.py)

A lightweight scraper using BeautifulSoup and requests to extract data from websites.

• Example: Scrapes the front page of Hacker News and saves the titles and links to a JSON file.

2. File Organizer (file_organizer.py)

A utility to clean up cluttered directories by automatically moving files into subfolders based on their file extensions.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• pip (Python package manager)

Installation

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/underbench2-gif/python-automation-toolkit.git
   cd python-automation-toolkit

2. Install required packages:

   pip install requests beautifulsoup4

Usage

Run any script directly using Python:

python web_scraper.py
python file_organizer.py

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests with your own automation scripts!

License

MIT