py4pa.misc

py4pa.misc.csv_to_utf8(file)

Converts a csv file to utf-8 encoding

Parameters:

file (String) – Path to file to be encoded

Returns:

String of path to reformatted file

Return type:

fName

py4pa.misc.getNowDateTimeStr(time=True)

Function to generate a Date/Time stamp for the current time

Parameters:

time (Boolean) – Set to True to include time in Date stamp. False returns just date. Defaults to True.

Returns:

String of date-time stamp

Return type:

stamp

py4pa.misc.get_random_useragent(browser=None)

Function to generate a random user agent for web scraping

Parameters:

browser (String) – Valid values are: ‘ie’, ‘opera’, ‘chrome’, ‘firefox’, ‘safari’

Return type:

String of valid User Agent