CSS Minifier

Python

Credits: Thanks to Cristian Tomatis for contributing this example.

import requests

url = 'http://localhost:80/raw'
data = {'input': open('style.css', 'rb').read()}
response = requests.post(url, data=data)

print response.text

Python - from the REPL

Credits: Thanks to Noam Yorav-Raphael for contributing this example.

>>> import requests
>>> requests.post('http://localhost:80/raw', data=dict(input='p { color : red; }')).text
'p{color:red}'

Python - a CLI tool

Credits: Thanks to Kyle S. for contributing this to the site.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys
import requests

try:
    css_file = sys.argv[1]
except:
    print("Missing input file")
    sys.exit()

# Grab the file contents
with open(css_file, 'r') as c:
    css = c.read()

# Pack it, ship it    
payload = {'input': css}
url = 'http://localhost:80/raw'
print("Requesting mini-me of {}. . .".format(c.name))
r = requests.post(url, payload)

# Write out minified version
minified = css_file.rstrip('.css')+'.min.css'
with open(minified, 'w') as m:
    m.write(r.text)

print("Minification complete. See {}".format(m.name))

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