Python3 version of Sven Marnach’s 2011 answer:
<span class="kwd">import</span><span class="pln"> gzip exampleString </span><span class="pun">=</span> <span class="str">'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijmortenpunnerudengelstadrocksklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvabcdefghijklmnopqrstuv123'</span><span class="pln"> compressed_value </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> gzip</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">compress</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">bytes</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">exampleString</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="str">'utf-8'</span><span class="pun">))</span><span class="pln"> plain_string_again </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> gzip</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">decompress</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">compressed_value</span><span class="pun">)</span>
Gunicorn: Python WSGI Server
Gunicorn ‘Green Unicorn’ is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX. It’s a pre-fork worker model. The Gunicorn server is broadly compatible with various web frameworks, simply implemented, light on server resources, and fairly speedy.
pyronos: Simple and sweet load testing module.
Creates a “results” folder in the current directory to store all of the load testings.
# Simple usage. pyronos get 25 simple # Send head request. pyronos head 25 simple # Dump logs. pyronos get 25 simple -d # Send requests sequentially. pyronos get 25 simple -s # Print progress of sequential requests. pyronos get 25 simple -s -p $ pyronos -h usage: pyronos [-h] [-f {simple,stem,step}] [-o {csv,json,yml}] [-s] [-p] [-d] [-v] url {get,head,options,delete,post,put} num_of_reqs Simple and sweet load testing module. positional arguments: url url of website {get,head,options,delete,post,put} http method num_of_reqs number of requests optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -f {simple,stem,step}, --figure {simple,stem,step} type of figure -o {csv,json,yml}, --output {csv,json,yml} type of output -s, --sequential sequential requests -p, --print-progress print progress -d, --dump-logs dump logs -v, --version show program's version number and exit
Python Envelope: Mailing for human beings.
Envelopes is a wrapper for Python’s email and smtplib modules. It aims to make working with outgoing e-mail in Python simple and fun.
from envelopes import Envelope, GMailSMTP envelope = Envelope( from_addr=(u'from@example.com', u'From Example'), to_addr=(u'to@example.com', u'To Example'), subject=u'Envelopes demo', text_body=u"I'm a helicopter!" ) envelope.add_attachment('/Users/bilbo/Pictures/helicopter.jpg') # Send the envelope using an ad-hoc connection... envelope.send('smtp.googlemail.com', login='from@example.com', password='password', tls=True) # Or send the envelope using a shared GMail connection... gmail = GMailSMTP('from@example.com', 'password') gmail.send(envelope)