10 Practical Python Automation Scripts for Everyday Tasks

Automation of repetitive tasks can save time; this article presents ten Python scripts covering image optimization, video processing, PDF‑to‑image conversion, API data fetching, battery level notification, grammar correction, spell checking, internet downloading, world news retrieval, and a PySide2 GUI example.

01. Image Optimizer

This script uses the Pillow library to crop, resize, flip, rotate, compress, blur, sharpen, adjust brightness and contrast, and apply filters to images.

# Image Optimizing
# pip install Pillow
import PIL
# Croping 
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.crop((34, 23, 100, 100))
# Resizing
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.resize((50, 50))
# Flipping
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.transpose(PIL.Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT)
# Rotating
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.rotate(360)
# Compressing
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im.save("Image1.jpg", optimize=True, quality=90)
# Bluring
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.filter(PIL.ImageFilter.BLUR)
# Sharpening
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = im.filter(PIL.ImageFilter.SHARPEN)
# Set Brightness
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = PIL.ImageEnhance.Brightness(im)
im = im.enhance(1.5)
# Set Contrast
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = PIL.ImageEnhance.Contrast(im)
im = im.enhance(1.5)
# Adding Filters
im = PIL.Image.open("Image1.jpg")
im = PIL.ImageOps.grayscale(im)
im = PIL.ImageOps.invert(im)
im = PIL.ImageOps.posterize(im, 4)
# Saving
im.save("Image1.jpg")

02. Video Optimizer

Using MoviePy, this script can trim, concatenate, speed up, add audio, reverse, merge videos, apply visual effects, insert images, and save the final video.

# Video Optimizer
# pip install moviepy
import moviepy.editor as pyedit
# Load the Video
video = pyedit.VideoFileClip("vid.mp4")
# Trimming
vid1 = video.subclip(0, 10)
vid2 = video.subclip(20, 40)
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([vid1, vid2])
# Speed up the video
final_vid = final_vid.speedx(2)
# Adding Audio to the video
aud = pyedit.AudioFileClip("bg.mp3")
final_vid = final_vid.set_audio(aud)
# Reverse the Video
final_vid = final_vid.fx(pyedit.vfx.time_mirror)
# Merge two videos
vid1 = pyedit.VideoFileClip("vid1.mp4")
vid2 = pyedit.VideoFileClip("vid2.mp4")
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([vid1, vid2])
# Add VFX to Video
vid1 = final_vid.fx(pyedit.vfx.mirror_x)
vid2 = final_vid.fx(pyedit.vfx.invert_colors)
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([vid1, vid2])
# Add Images to Video
img1 = pyedit.ImageClip("img1.jpg")
img2 = pyedit.ImageClip("img2.jpg")
final_vid = pyedit.concatenate_videoclips([img1, img2])
# Save the video
final_vid.write_videofile("final.mp4")

03. PDF to Images

This script leverages PyMuPDF to open a PDF file and export each page as a PNG image.

# PDF to Images
# pip install PyMuPDF
import fitz

def pdf_to_images(pdf_file):
    doc = fitz.open(pdf_file)
    for p in doc:
        pix = p.get_pixmap()
        output = f"page{p.number}.png"
        pix.writePNG(output)

pdf_to_images("test.pdf")

04. Fetch API Data

Using urllib3, the script demonstrates how to perform GET and POST requests, printing status codes and responses.

# pip install urllib3
import urllib3
# Fetch API data
url = "https://api.github.com/users/psf/repos"
http = urllib3.PoolManager()
response = http.request('GET', url)
print(response.status)
print(response.data)
# Post API data
url = "https://httpbin.org/post"
http = urllib3.PoolManager()
response = http.request('POST', url, fields={'hello': 'world'})
print(response.status)

05. Battery Notifier

This script monitors battery percentage with psutil and sends a desktop notification via plyer when the level drops below a threshold.

# Battery Notifier
# pip instal plyer
from plyer import notification
import psutil
from time import sleep
while True:
    battery = psutil.sensors_battery()
    life = battery.percent
    if life < 50:
        notification.notify(
            title = "Battery Low",
            message = "Please connect to power source",
            timeout = 10
        )
    sleep(60)

06. Grammar Fixer

Utilizing the HappyTransformer library, this script loads a pre‑trained T5 model to correct grammatical errors in a given text.

# Grammer Fixer
# pip install happytransformer
from happytransformer import HappyTextToText as HappyTTT
from happytransformer import TTSettings

def Grammer_Fixer(Text):
    Grammer = HappyTTT("T5", "prithivida/grammar_error_correcter_v1")
    config = TTSettings(do_sample=True, top_k=10, max_length=100)
    corrected = Grammer.generate_text(Text, args=config)
    print("Corrected Text: ", corrected.text)

Text = "This smple tet we how know this"
Grammer_Fixer(Text)

07. Spell Fixer

With TextBlob, this script provides functions to correct spelling in whole paragraphs or individual words.

# Spell Fixer
# pip install textblob
from textblob import *

def fix_paragraph_words(paragraph):
    sentence = TextBlob(paragraph)
    correction = sentence.correct()
    print(correction)

def fix_word_spell(word):
    word = Word(word)
    correction = word.correct()
    print(correction)

fix_paragraph_words("This is sammple tet!!")
fix_word_spell("maangoo")

08. Internet Downloader

Using the internetdownloadmanager package, this script creates a multi‑threaded downloader capable of resuming interrupted downloads.

# Python Downloader
# pip install internetdownloadmanager
import internetdownloadmanager as idm

def Downloader(url, output):
    pydownloader = idm.Downloader(worker=20,
                                   part_size=1024*1024*10,
                                   resumable=True,)
    pydownloader.download(url, output)

Downloader("Link url", "image.jpg")
Downloader("Link url", "video.mp4")

09. World News Fetcher

This script calls the World News API to retrieve the latest news articles, printing the JSON response.

# World News Fetcher
# pip install requests
import requests
ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"
url = f"https://api.worldnewsapi.com/search-news?text=hurricane&api-key={ApiKey}"
headers = {'Accept': 'application/json'}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print("News: ", response.json())

10. PySide2 GUI

A basic graphical user interface built with PySide6 (compatible with PySide2) demonstrating window creation, widgets, and event loop.

# PySide 2
# pip install PySide2
from PySide6.QtWidgets import *
from PySide6.QtGui import *
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
window = QWidget()
window.resize(500, 500)
window.setWindowTitle("PySide2 Window")
button = QPushButton("Click Me", window)
button.move(200, 200)
label = QLabel("Hello Medium", window)
label.move(200, 150)
input_box = QLineEdit(window)
input_box.move(200, 250)
radio_button = QRadioButton("Radio Button", window)
radio_button.move(200, 300)
checkbox = QCheckBox("Checkbox", window)
checkbox.move(200, 350)
slider = QSlider(window)
slider.move(200, 400)
progress_bar = QProgressBar(window)
progress_bar.move(200, 450)
image = QLabel(window)
image.setPixmap(QPixmap("image.png"))
msg = QMessageBox(window)
msg.setText("Message Box")
msg.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok | QMessageBox.Cancel)
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec())