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reader

Fetch a URL and pretty-print its XML or JSON, saving the result to a file. (uses only the Python standard library)

python reader.py <url> [-o FILE] [--timeout SECONDS]

<url> — URL of the XML or JSON document to fetch (required)

-o, --output FILE — write the formatted document to FILE; if FILE has no extension, the detected type extension (.xml/.json) is appended

--timeout SECONDS — request timeout in seconds (default: 30)

validate_xml

Validate that an XML file (relative path) is well-formed. Prints an OK message or a clear error with exit status.

python validate_xml.py <path>

<path> — relative path to the XML file to validate (required, no optional params)

validate_json

Validate that a JSON file (relative path) is valid. Prints an OK message or a clear error with line/column and exit status.

python validate_json.py <path>

<path> — relative path to the JSON file to validate (required, no optional params)

scrape_images

Scrape all the images on a web page, download them, and bundle them into a zip archive. (uses only the Python standard library)

python scrape_images.py <url> [-o FILE] [--max N] [--min-bytes N] [--timeout SECONDS]

<url> — URL of the web page to scrape images from (required)

-o, --output FILE — write the zip archive to FILE; if FILE has no extension, .zip is appended

--max N — stop after downloading at most N images (default: no limit)

--min-bytes N — skip any image whose body is smaller than N bytes (default: 0)

--timeout SECONDS — request timeout in seconds (default: 30)

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