Python Automation Playbook 50 Real-World Scripts to Save Time Every Day

This ebook is a complete, real-world Python automation handbook designed for developers, analysts, students, and professionals who want to save hours every day by automating repetitive tasks.

Unlike basic tutorials, this book focuses on how automation is actually done in real projects — with deep explanations, edge cases, best practices, and production-ready workflows.

You’ll learn why automation works, where it fails, and how to build reliable systems, not just scripts.
📂 What You’ll Learn

🔹 Python Basics for Automation

• What automation really means (and where it helps most)
• Installing Python and essential libraries
• Working with files, paths, and OS operations
• Reading and writing structured data
• Scheduling scripts with cron & Task Scheduler

🔹 File Handling Automation (10 Scripts)

• Bulk renaming files safely
• Auto-organizing messy folders
• File conversion workflows
• Duplicate file detection
• Batch image resizing
• Automatic backups
• ZIP/RAR extraction
• Folder cleanup logic
• Real-time folder monitoring

🔹 Excel Automation (10 Scripts)

• Cleaning messy Excel data
• Merging multiple Excel files
• Automated report generation
• Excel dashboards with Python
• Applying formulas programmatically
• Conditional formatting
• Removing duplicates
• Excel ↔ CSV conversion
• Data summarization
• Auto-emailing Excel reports

🔹 PDF Automation (10 Scripts)

• Merge and split PDFs
• Extract text and images
• Convert PDFs to images
• Add watermarks
• Compress PDFs
• Password protect PDFs
• Remove passwords
• Create PDFs automatically

🔹 Email Automation (10 Scripts)

• Send automated emails
• Attach files dynamically
• Bulk email systems
• Scheduled email sending
• Email alerts on file changes
• Auto-reply systems
• Inbox email extraction
• Gmail automation with API

🔹 Web Scraping Automation (10 Scripts)

• Scrape website text
• Track product prices
• Job listing scraping
• News headline aggregation
• Cryptocurrency price tracking
• Stock market data scraping
• Auto-download images
• Auto-download PDFs
• Selenium form automation
• Schedule scraping tasks

🔹 Bonus: Production & Deployment

• Package Python scripts as EXE tools
• Schedule automation reliably
• Deploy scripts to the cloud (AWS Lambda)
• Handle real-world errors and failures
• Debug automation like a professional