Student Activity

Student Activity Guide:

1) Overview of Commonly Used Python Libraries

• Explore key Python libraries such as requests, re, and datetime.

• Learn when and why to use these libraries in practical applications.

Student Exercise: Research and list five additional Python libraries and their use cases.

2) Using the Requests Library for HTTP Requests

• Learn how to make GET and POST requests using the requests module.

• Understand handling JSON responses from APIs.

Example Code:

import requests

# Making a GET request
response = requests.get("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users")
if response.status_code == 200:
    users = response.json()
    print(users)

Student Exercise: Modify the code to make a POST request with dummy JSON data.

3) Regular Expressions with the re Module

• Use regular expressions for pattern matching in text.

• Learn common regex functions: match(), search(), findall(), and sub().

Example Code:

import re

text = "My email is [email protected]"
pattern = r"[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z|a-z]{2,}"
match = re.search(pattern, text)
if match:
    print("Found email:", match.group())

Student Exercise: Write a regex pattern to extract phone numbers from a given text.

4) Working with the Datetime Module

• Learn to handle date and time data efficiently.

• Convert string dates into datetime objects and format them.

Example Code:

from datetime import datetime

# Get current date and time
now = datetime.now()
print("Current Date and Time:", now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))

Student Exercise: Write a function that calculates the difference in days between two given dates.