10 Python Automation Scripts That Save Me 10+ Hours Per Week

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Stop Doing Manually What Python Can Do in Seconds

I automate everything I can. Here are 10 scripts that changed my workflow forever.

1. File Organizer

import os
import shutil
from pathlib import Path

CATEGORIES = {
    'Images': ['.jpg', '.png', '.gif', '.svg', '.webp'],
    'Documents': ['.pdf', '.doc', '.docx', '.txt', '.md'],
    'Code': ['.py', '.js', '.ts', '.swift', '.html', '.css'],
    'Data': ['.csv', '.json', '.xml', '.xlsx'],
    'Archives': ['.zip', '.tar', '.gz', '.rar']
}

def organize(directory):
    for file in Path(directory).iterdir():
        if file.is_file():
            for category, extensions in CATEGORIES.items():
                if file.suffix.lower() in extensions:
                    dest = Path(directory) / category
                    dest.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
                    shutil.move(str(file), str(dest / file.name))
                    break

organize('~/Downloads')

2. Bulk Image Resizer

from PIL import Image
from pathlib import Path

def resize_images(folder, max_size=(1200, 1200)):
    for img_path in Path(folder).glob('*.{jpg,png}'):
        img = Image.open(img_path)
        img.thumbnail(max_size, Image.LANCZOS)
        img.save(img_path)
        print(f"Resized: {img_path.name}")

3. CSV to JSON Converter

import csv
import json

def csv_to_json(csv_file, json_file):
    with open(csv_file, 'r') as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        data = list(reader)
    with open(json_file, 'w') as f:
        json.dump(data, f, indent=2)

4. Website Availability Checker

import requests
import time

SITES = ['https://yoursite.com', 'https://api.yoursite.com']

def check_sites():
    for site in SITES:
        try:
            r = requests.get(site, timeout=10)
            status = "UP" if r.status_code == 200 else f"DOWN ({r.status_code})"
        except:
            status = "UNREACHABLE"
        print(f"{site}: {status}")

# Run every 5 minutes with cron
check_sites()

5. Git Stats Generator

import subprocess

def git_stats():
    commits = subprocess.run(['git', 'log', '--oneline'], capture_output=True, text=True)
    total = len(commits.stdout.strip().split('\n'))

    authors = subprocess.run(['git', 'shortlog', '-sn'], capture_output=True, text=True)

    print(f"Total commits: {total}")
    print(f"\nContributors:\n{authors.stdout}")

git_stats()

6-10: Quick Wins

Email report sender — auto-generate and send daily reports
Database backup — scheduled SQLite/PostgreSQL dumps
Log analyzer — parse logs and alert on errors
API data fetcher — pull data from APIs on schedule
Markdown to PDF — convert docs with custom styling

The Key Principle

If you do something more than twice, automate it. The 30 minutes you spend writing a script saves hours over its lifetime.

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