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This header should go on top of python scripts.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""docstring"""

__version__ = "0.0.1a"
__author__ = "author"
__copyright__ = "Copyright"
__credits__ = ["author"]
__license__ = "GPL3"
__maintainer__ = "maintainer"
__email__ = "email"
__status__ = "Alpha"

Basic operations⚑

Find first element in dictionary that satisfies a condition⚑

next(item for item in {dict} if {{ condition }})

I/O⚑

Create a directory if it doesn't exist⚑

import os

dir_path = '{dir_path}'
if not os.path.exists(dir_path):
    os.makedirs(dir_path)

Network⚑

Download a file⚑

To download a file from a URL do:

import urllib.request
urllib.request.urlretrieve('{url}', '{destination_path}')

Useful data⚑

Weekdays⚑

Weekdays = IntEnum(
    "Weekdays",
    "Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday",
    start=0,
)