Automating Social Media Thanks, Subtitles, IMDb Lookups, and More with Python Scripts

Akshit Khurana's Answer (3.4k upvotes)

He created a Python script to thank over five hundred friends who wished him on his 21st birthday on Facebook.

The script uses a token obtained from the Graph API Explorer (requires a VPN) and assumes that posts after a certain timestamp are birthday wishes.

By slightly modifying the commentall function, the script can also like each post.

Although not his best Python script, it is simple, efficient, and fun.

Manoj Memana Jayakumar's Answer (1.7k upvotes)

1. One‑click subtitle downloader

The script automatically finds and downloads matching subtitles for movies or TV series, saves them in the same folder as the video, and renames them to match the video file, completing the process in about four seconds.

Source code: subtitle-downloader

2. IMDb lookup and Excel generator

Using an unofficial IMDb API, the Python script fetches movie data, generates an Excel file sorted by IMDb rating, and includes details such as URL, year, plot, genre, awards, cast, and more.

Source code: imdb

3. Theoatmeal.com comic downloader

The script uses BeautifulSoup to parse the website and download all comic images, requiring BeautifulSoup to be installed.

Source code: theoatmeal.com-downloader

4. Someecards.com downloader

The multithreaded script downloads all e‑cards from each category on someecards.com, organizing each category into its own folder, resulting in a personal collection of 5,036 cards.

Source code: someecards.com-downloader

These scripts not only saved time but also helped the author secure a job.