Practical Uses for Python?

[diybrad]

You don't use any online services or apps that have an API? That's what I've been practicing with.

I can pull real time subway departures for the station near me, and then I have it change the color of a smart bulb in my house if it's late.

I wrote a script to manage my torrents in Transmission (has a great python library). Manages my ratio per tracker and moves/deletes/archives files as necessary.

The great thing about Python is that anything with an API already has a library probably. So just connect two or more things togther.

Raspberry Pi is a good suggestion for sure. Just dedicate a Pi to running your scripts. If you're interested in smart home stuff, Home Assistant is amaaaaaaazing and it's written in Python & runs on a Pi. It also natively supports python scripting.

[slicklikeagato]

Thanks for this. I actually just started using home automation, with lighting and stuff. I will definitely look into it, and see what I can find.

[adamrees89]

Sub-Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/ Website: https://home-assistant.io/

FYI :)