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benlacey57 / Image_Resize_Compress.py

Last active December 7, 2025 10:50

	import os
	import shutil
	from pathlib import Path
	from zipfile import ZipFile
	from datetime import datetime
	from PIL import Image
	import pillow_heif
	from rich.console import Console
	from rich.prompt import Confirm, Prompt
	from rich.panel import Panel

benlacey57 / Media Copy

Last active November 24, 2025 01:09

Shell script to copy TV series and movies into Jellyfin at random.

	#!/bin/bash

	#############################################################################
	# Media File Organisation Script
	# Purpose: Randomly copy movies, TV shows, and Christmas content from
	# multiple media drives to organised destination folders
	#############################################################################

	set -euo pipefail
	IFS=$'\n\t'

benlacey57 / main.py

Created May 24, 2025 07:40

Free Proxy Scraping and Testing Tool

	# Version 2

	pip install requests bs4 gspread oauth2client

	import csv
	import logging
	import os
	import requests
	import time
	import datetime

benlacey57 / CompressImages.py

Last active May 19, 2025 20:14

Python script to resize and compress images

	# Image Compression and Conversion Script
	# Author: Ben Lacey
	# Version: 1.1
	# Website: benlacey.co.uk

	# Changes made:
	# 1. Added a new `--rename` argument to accept a template string
	# 2. Created a `generate_filename_from_template` function to handle template substitutions
	# 3. Updated the `process_image` function to include counter and use the template
	# 4. Added logging to show renamed filenames

benlacey57 / Scraper.py

Created April 27, 2025 11:36

Python Web Scraping example using playwright

	"""
	Advanced Web Scraper with Playwright

	This script demonstrates a robust web scraping approach using Playwright that:
	- Uses proper browser headers to reduce detection
	- Implements logging to track execution
	- Follows scraping best practices
	- Handles common scraping errors
	- Saves scraped data to CSV
	"""

benlacey57 / block_manager.sh

Last active April 27, 2025 00:10

This script manages IP blocking based on server logs analysis. It detects # suspicious activity patterns and automatically blocks offending IP addresses # for a configurable period. Blocks are managed in a separate file that is # included in the main .htaccess file to prevent overwrites during manual edits.

	#!/bin/bash

	# Multi-Server IP Block Manager

	# Author: Ben Lacey (https://benlacey.co.uk)

	# Version: 1.1

	# Date: 2025-04-27

benlacey57 / BlockSuspectIPs.sh

Created April 26, 2025 23:27

Analyse Server Logs and Automatically Block IPs

	#!/bin/bash

	# Configuration
	LOG_FILE="/var/log/apache2/access.log"
	ERROR_LOG="/var/log/apache2/error.log"
	HTACCESS_FILE="/var/www/html/.htaccess"
	BLOCK_LOG="/var/log/ip_blocks.log"
	DEFAULT_BLOCK_DAYS=7
	MAX_FAILED_ATTEMPTS=5
	THRESHOLD_PERIOD="10 minutes"

benlacey57 / video-blocker.js

Created April 22, 2025 11:13

JavaScript video download and screenshot prevention

	document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
	const video = document.getElementById('protected-video');

	// Prevent right-click menu (basic download blocking)
	video.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
	e.preventDefault();
	alert("Video downloading is not allowed");
	});

	// Disable controls that might allow download

benlacey57 / gist:fee061255b85f22d015e22912c0fefa9

Created April 22, 2025 11:02

Laravel Socket.io

	For Laravel Socket.io implementation with authentication, here's a complete example:

	// SERVER SIDE (Laravel)

	// In your BroadcastServiceProvider.php

	public function boot()
	{
	Broadcast::routes(['middleware' => ['auth:api']]);
	require base_path('routes/channels.php');

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