Python Automation and Scripting Training

Automate everything with this practical 2-day training focused on real-world scripting and task automation. Learn to manipulate files, scrape websites, manage systems, and build CLI tools that save hours of repetitive work every week.

Training Details

Duration	2 days (16 hours)
Level	Beginner
Delivery	In-person, Live online, Hybrid
Certification	N/A

Who Is This For?

• System administrators automating daily tasks
• DevOps engineers writing operational scripts
• Analysts automating data collection and reports
• Anyone who wants to eliminate repetitive manual work
• Teams adopting Python for internal tooling

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Automate file and directory operations with pathlib and shutil
• Scrape and parse web content with requests and BeautifulSoup
• Manage system processes and execute shell commands from Python
• Build professional CLI tools with argparse and click
• Schedule and monitor automated tasks
• Package scripts for distribution and reuse across teams

Detailed Agenda

Day 1: File Operations and Web Scraping

Module 1: File System Automation

• pathlib for cross-platform file and directory operations
• Reading, writing, and transforming files (text, CSV, JSON, YAML)
• Batch renaming, organizing, and archiving with shutil
• Hands-on: Build a file organizer that sorts files by type, date, and size

Module 2: Working with Structured Data

• Parsing CSV files with the csv module and pandas
• Reading and writing JSON and YAML configuration files
• Working with Excel files using openpyxl
• Hands-on: Automate a weekly report that aggregates data from multiple sources

Module 3: Web Scraping

• HTTP requests with the requests library
• HTML parsing with BeautifulSoup
• Handling pagination, authentication, and rate limits
• Hands-on: Scrape product listings and export to a structured format

Module 4: Working with APIs

• RESTful API consumption with requests
• Authentication with API keys and OAuth tokens
• Parsing JSON responses and handling errors
• Hands-on: Build a Slack/Teams notification bot using webhooks

Day 2: System Administration and CLI Tools

Module 5: System Administration

• Running shell commands with subprocess
• Process management and monitoring
• Environment variables and configuration management
• Hands-on: Build a system health check script that monitors disk, memory, and services

Module 6: Regular Expressions for Text Processing

• regex patterns for search, match, and substitution
• Parsing log files and extracting structured data
• Text transformation and cleanup automation
• Hands-on: Build a log analyzer that extracts errors and generates summaries

Module 7: Building CLI Tools

• argparse for command-line argument parsing
• click for professional CLI applications
• Rich output with colors, progress bars, and tables
• Hands-on: Build a multi-command CLI tool for project management tasks

Module 8: Scheduling and Packaging

• Scheduling scripts with cron and schedule library
• Logging with the logging module
• Packaging scripts with pyproject.toml and entry points
• Hands-on: Package, schedule, and deploy an automation script to run on a server

Prerequisites

• Basic computer literacy and command line familiarity
• Python Fundamentals or basic Python knowledge (variables, loops, functions)
• No prior automation experience required
• Access to a laptop with Python 3.10+ installed

Delivery Formats

Format	Description
In-Person	On-site at your company's location, hands-on with direct interaction
Live Online	Interactive virtual sessions with screen sharing and real-time labs
Hybrid	Combination of on-site and remote sessions, flexible scheduling

All formats include hands-on labs, course materials, ready-to-use script templates, and post-training support.