7 Python Libraries to Make Automation Easy
Often it’s hard to find inspiration to automate using Python. I think knowing packages might give you an idea of what to automate. In this article, I’ll talk about 7 Python packages that can inspire your next automation.
Requests
Usually, when you want to automate something, you might come across APIs. Requests is a simple to use HTTP library for Python library that allows you to make requests and interact with APIs.
To replicate a request easily, I open the Network tab in Google Chrome, select the request I want to repeat, and click Copy as cURL. And then, I paste the cURL command to some converter and get the Python code I need.
Pro tip: if you want to run your automation without keeping your laptop on all the time, one easy way is using Github actions.
APScheduler
When I make some API request, I usually want to run it periodically, like every fifteen minutes or so. For this kind of case, I use a package called Advanced Python Scheduler. The library has really nice documentation, which will allow you to take it into use very fast. In fact, I used APScheduler when building a screenshot automation using Python and Google Calendar project.
