Sunday Daily Thread: What's everyone working on this week?

# Weekly Thread: What's Everyone Working On This Week? 🛠️

Hello /r/Python! It's time to share what you've been working on! Whether it's a work-in-progress, a completed masterpiece, or just a rough idea, let us know what you're up to!

## How it Works:

1. Show & Tell: Share your current projects, completed works, or future ideas.
2. Discuss: Get feedback, find collaborators, or just chat about your project.
3. Inspire: Your project might inspire someone else, just as you might get inspired here.

## Guidelines:

Feel free to include as many details as you'd like. Code snippets, screenshots, and links are all welcome.
Whether it's your job, your hobby, or your passion project, all Python-related work is welcome here.

## Example Shares:

1. Machine Learning Model: Working on a ML model to predict stock prices. Just cracked a 90% accuracy rate!
2. Web Scraping: Built a script to scrape and analyze news articles. It's helped me understand media bias better.
3. Automation: Automated my home lighting with Python and Raspberry Pi. My life has never been easier!

Let's build and grow together! Share your journey and learn from others. Happy coding! 🌟

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18eqnxv

I'm running Django through docker and I want to make it live-update when a change is made to the project (templates included). Is it possible?

A possible way I found was through volumes and docker-compose, but it didn't work for me and I didn't fully understand how it worked.

I also found something along the lines of watchdog, but I don't think it works for a docker context

Any help is appreciated!

/r/django
https://redd.it/18ehiz3

I made Arrest, a small utility to wrap your API calls from your Python application

Hey guys! I'm super excited to announce arrest. It is a small library that you can use to define the structure of the REST Apis your Python application will be interacting with. it provides a straightforward way to call the different routes in your API and additionally enriches them with Pydantic classes for data validation. And it is also backward compatible with pydantic@v1.10.13.

I would greatly appreciate your feedback and useful opinions/improvements on this. Here are the docs if you wanna check that out.

Thanks a lot!

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18eys56

Kanban in the CLI with kanban-python

HoHoHo again
After some great feedback and feature requests I present to you the new version of
kanban-python your kanban terminal app written in python:

Code here: https://github.com/Zaloog/kanban-python


Install with:

python -m pip install kanban-python

during the course of the last month the following features were added:
- moved to XDG Basedir Spec for config and data files
- Directory Scanner to automatically scan e.g. .py files for '# TODO' Patterns and generate tasks out of that.
- better options to change settings and show task details
- a new report function to generate an overall report (.md file) and
show a github-like contribution table

Thanks for your support so far, and I hope kanban-python helps you boost your productivity.
If you have feedback, feel free to reach out here, or create an issue.

Have a great day

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18es539

Inside Marker: A Guided Source Code Tour for an AI-powered PDF Layout Detection Engine
https://journal.hexmos.com/marker-pdf-document-ai/

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18f5bk1

Livestream PS5 or PC Gameplay into OpenCV

I wrote this script after surprisingly finding very little existing code online about capturing windows.

This script can be used to capture PlayStation 5 gameplay in real time into OpenCV for further image processing, or capture a game window on PC.

Along the way I found out that graphics is more complicated than I thought. Windows does not make it particularly easy to capture windows that are hardware accelerated, and most existing libraries do not work when the window goes off screen or is obscured. My script works with both with good performance!

This could be used to analyse the video for some event (using image/text detection), send a message, record some score, or even act as a master for a microcontroller robot (Arduino etc) operating the controller!

https://github.com/lorcan2440/View-PS5-Screen-Remote-Play

The repo contains a guide for how to set it up. If you'd like to use it and are having trouble just leave a comment here or raise an issue there and I'll try to help. I've also made a C++ implementation since most of the relevant functions are just calling from Windows DLLs so the conversion was easy. C++ will have slightly better performance but you need to set up OpenCV for C++ by yourself

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18f5vyy

I like this docstring from django source code

If found this:

"""
This module collects helper functions and classes that "span" multiple levels
of MVC. In other words, these functions/classes introduce controlled coupling
for convenience's sake.
"""

So nice.

Especially this line:

In other words, these functions/classes introduce controlled coupling
for convenience's sake

controlled coupling

I like it.

/r/django
https://redd.it/18f6khm

SCRABBLE IN TERMINAL

Hey everyone, this is my first serious python project. I (hope) it works in terminal after cloning it and running rework file. All other info is in README so make sure you check how to play it before you do. Hope you all like it!

I'm planning to advance it and add some graphics. Any piece of advice would be appreciated!

Scrabble repository on github

In case you find any error or anything to improve you can fork it and make pull requests.

​

Scrabble

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18f9tb6

Django HTML Formatting issue - DjHTML

Hey,


So prettier started working again after I fixed an issue with my extensions and it's doing 1 or 2 spaces indentation, I prefer 4. It also formats django template tags in a way I don't like. I seen people recommend DjHtml so I installed that but it doesn't seem to fix the Django template tags. I want it to format the below HTML so it looks better, what do I need to do? I'm a beginner. See how my initial templatetags are side by side, I rather them under each other.


HTML:

{% extends "base.html" %} {% load static %} {% block extracss %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'profiles/css/profile.css' %}" />
{% endblock %} {% block pageheader %}
<div class="container header-container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col"></div>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %} {% block content %}
<div class="overlay"></div>
<div class="container">


/r/django
https://redd.it/18f6cdu

Multiple apps for different roles

I'm planning for a Django project, and at the moment I have two apps, "base" and "users".

base app: contains all the common views, especially for anonymous users, like home, about, contact, etc...

users app: contains the auth functionality and views, like login, register, verification, logout, etc...

The authenticated users are separated into two roles, it's either "customer" or "administrator", and I have a model for each role, and groups for permissions as well.
Each role have different views, and there are only two or three common views, and they are not rendered the same either (few changes depends on the role, like in the views profile and settings).

Should I split the users app to three apps? users, customers, and administrators?

projectname/
├── projectname/
├── base/
├── users/
├── customers/
├── administrators/
├── manage.py

Or just to separate the views and the URLs to three different files?

projectname/
├── projectname/
├── base/
├── users/
├──── views/
├──────── usersviews.py
├──────── customersviews.py


/r/django
https://redd.it/18fc54y

sqlalchemy- processing the result set parallely- multiprocessing

Hey folks, what would be the best way to process a result set parallely? Lemme pain the picture of the current setup.

from settings import Session # this is basically the sessionmaker

def run_it():
// create session
session = Session()

// fetch first 100 rows which are basically the events stored
result_set = []

for event in result_set:
try:
// execute the event if its beyond expiry
finally:
session.commit()
session.close()

while True:


/r/Python
https://redd.it/18f8p9v

Django or Flask?

Hey everyone. I want to build small-to-medium scale web apps, where I take some inputs from users > process them > and generate some output. I am not storing much data but I need user authentication. So I wanted to understand which framework will be best for my use case. Django or Flask? And why?

/r/flask
https://redd.it/18f3h6k

Whatever TextField i fill all TextFields in other forms get filled

I created a Flask social media app, its landing page contains two forms(post, comment) both work fine in separate pages, but the landing page when they get combined. Whatever i write in the comment form it gets posted as a post, And i noticed when there is something wrong with validation all TextFields get filled with the same content I wrote.

/r/flask
https://redd.it/18fnn6x

Help with exporting PNG.

Hello there. Hope you can help me.

I create a image file from string by using htmlwebshot, the creation of the image is okay.

The problem comes when i try to make it response for downloading, by this way:

download = make_response(screenshot)

download.headers['Content-Type'] = "image/png"

download.headers['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment"

return download

After downloading the image can't be opened because is damaged. My image viewer says is not a PNG file, my WEB browser can open it, but my return in Flask says that is damaged.

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How to make it response correctly?

I use this way to make response PDF files and works ok. So i supposed just change the Content-Type, and it will works.

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Thanks for attention & answers.

/r/flask
https://redd.it/18fmqhw

Combining flask/fast api with django

Hi, I've been using flask for years now and also considering fast api for new projects.
But I really like the built in manager of django to manage the database. Im thinking of using django for backend user,(me). And a lighter framework like fast api for serving the production api. (They will be kept in separate server/containiers)
Is there a much better approach here?

/r/flask
https://redd.it/18emryu

Monday Daily Thread: Project ideas!

# Weekly Thread: Project Ideas 💡

Welcome to our weekly Project Ideas thread! Whether you're a newbie looking for a first project or an expert seeking a new challenge, this is the place for you.

## How it Works:

1. **Suggest a Project**: Comment your project idea—be it beginner-friendly or advanced.
2. **Build & Share**: If you complete a project, reply to the original comment, share your experience, and attach your source code.
3. **Explore**: Looking for ideas? Check out Al Sweigart's ["The Big Book of Small Python Projects"](https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Small-Python-Programming/dp/1718501242) for inspiration.

## Guidelines:

* Clearly state the difficulty level.
* Provide a brief description and, if possible, outline the tech stack.
* Feel free to link to tutorials or resources that might help.

# Example Submissions:

## Project Idea: Chatbot

**Difficulty**: Intermediate

**Tech Stack**: Python, NLP, Flask/FastAPI/Litestar

**Description**: Create a chatbot that can answer FAQs for a website.

**Resources**: [Building a Chatbot with Python](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a37BL0stIuM)

# Project Idea: Weather Dashboard

**Difficulty**: Beginner

**Tech Stack**: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, API

**Description**: Build a dashboard that displays real-time weather information using a weather API.

**Resources**: [Weather API Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P5MY_2i7K8)

## Project Idea: File Organizer

**Difficulty**: Beginner

**Tech Stack**: Python, File I/O

**Description**: Create a script that organizes files in a directory into sub-folders based on file type.

**Resources**: [Automate the Boring Stuff: Organizing Files](https://automatetheboringstuff.com/2e/chapter9/)

Let's help each other grow. Happy

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18fh603

Help required for hosting a flask app on a domain

Hey, so I have a Flask app built on my local which I now want to host on a domain (purchased on GoDaddy). All services that I have seen for this solution (PythonAnywhere, Linode, Ngrok etc.) are all paid. This is more of a hobby side-project so I am looking for something free. I don't need huge bandwidth or storage, just basic functionalities.

I have tried hosting this on PythonAnywhere, but it just keeps giving me username.pythonanywhere.com URLs, whereas I want it to be on my domain. Don't know what's the solution, maybe some unheard obscure library you can help with. Please recommend something worthwhile that can help.

/r/flask
https://redd.it/18ec4qk

Squarify with matplotlib , nice combination to create heatmaps

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https://preview.redd.it/1u8p2x9pqm5c1.png?width=2378&format=png&auto=webp&s=2642107c97b0dd663918b3aaaef4b69f29c8d10a

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18fq6z8

Deploying Django with Celery

Hey,

I developed a REST API for a project I was working on with a few friends, and I ended up using Celery with Redis as the task broker. Currently, I'm deploying my development environment using Docker Compose. However, I'm exploring better and more sustainable solutions for a production environment that can scale both horizontally and vertically.

Can anyone guide me through some solutions that make sense? I understand that Kubernetes/K8s or ECS are viable options. I am currently trying to deploy this API using Kubernetes because, based on prior research, it appears to be provider-independent and aligns with my requirements. Still, I'd like to hear if any of you think there are alternative solutions that might also meet my needs with less effort.

Thanks in advance for your insights!

/r/django
https://redd.it/18fmwr2

Hatch v1.8.0 - binaries for every platform, Python management and static analysis backed by Ruff
https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/blog/2023/12/11/hatch-v180/

/r/Python
https://redd.it/18fx3f7