20 Python scripts to automate common daily tasks

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Here are 20 Python scripts to automate common daily tasks, with explanations and examples for each:

1. Email Notifications

Automate sending daily email updates.

import smtplib
from email.message import EmailMessage

def send_email(subject, body, to_email):
    msg = EmailMessage()
    msg.set_content(body)
    msg['Subject'] = subject
    msg['From'] = 'youremail@example.com'
    msg['To'] = to_email

    with smtplib.SMTP('smtp.example.com', 587) as smtp:
        smtp.starttls()
        smtp.login('youremail@example.com', 'password')
        smtp.send_message(msg)

send_email('Daily Update', 'Your daily update goes here.', 'recipient@example.com')

2. Web Scraping for News Headlines

Automatically fetches the latest news headlines from a website.

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def get_news():
    url = 'https://news.ycombinator.com/'
    response = requests.get(url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
    headlines = [item.text for item in soup.select('.storylink')[:5]]
    return headlines

print(get_news())

3. Download Stock Prices