Pyhelpers

(*17 November 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.2.6...1.2.7) since [1.2.6](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.2.6/):**

- Fixed a minor bug in the method [PostgreSQL.import_data()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/c67a660f811d9ec370b45b9782fb7cb34d2e34c0) in the module [sql](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/cd74ab1de677a40fb903947ff79aa99457a69f0b/pyhelpers/sql.py)
- Added new functions:
- [merge_dicts()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/14c639d1f956102e8f8f00017a5f4b52626ce5ba#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aR324), [is_network_connected()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/14c639d1f956102e8f8f00017a5f4b52626ce5ba#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aR770) and [is_url_connectable()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/14c639d1f956102e8f8f00017a5f4b52626ce5ba#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aR790) to the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/cd74ab1de677a40fb903947ff79aa99457a69f0b/pyhelpers/ops.py);
- [get_acronym()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/246e6a1e73c8d072f9f6c2120e92e11406263b40#diff-07b6d8c6102940f884435a3670eb5007494d5c51b4deb718ba79c3b267825127R61) and [extract_words1upper()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/246e6a1e73c8d072f9f6c2120e92e11406263b40#diff-07b6d8c6102940f884435a3670eb5007494d5c51b4deb718ba79c3b267825127R107) to the module [text](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/cd74ab1de677a40fb903947ff79aa99457a69f0b/pyhelpers/text.py).

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(*6 November 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.2.5...1.2.6) since [1.2.5](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.2.5/):**

- Renamed two functions in the module [geom](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/ba2370b8511a06763076033546a24dd60ec23927/pyhelpers/geom.py):
- [~~find_closest_point_from()~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/ba2370b8511a06763076033546a24dd60ec23927#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8L730) to [find_closest_point()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/ba2370b8511a06763076033546a24dd60ec23927/pyhelpers/geom.py#L550);
- [~~find_closest_points_between()~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/ba2370b8511a06763076033546a24dd60ec23927#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8L793) to [find_closest_points()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/ba2370b8511a06763076033546a24dd60ec23927/pyhelpers/geom.py#L613).
- Reduced the number of essential dependencies for installing the package (see also the [installation note](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.2.6/installation.html)).
- Enabled direct access to all functions/classes from importing the package without having to specifying the modules they reside in.
- Fixed [a minor bug](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/0db725542cef75889889b1e401f0db8eaf07188d) in the function [fake_requests_headers()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/0db725542cef75889889b1e401f0db8eaf07188d/pyhelpers/ops.py#L739) in the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/0db725542cef75889889b1e401f0db8eaf07188d/pyhelpers/ops.py).

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(*12 October 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.2.4...1.2.5) since [1.2.4](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.2.4/):**

- Renamed the function [~~rm_dir()~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/833da11ac0cc6920d85c92c6e1401ea37af96bf1#diff-9658546df62eded721ef6049c33f4b2d7e985d9cce8c08ba9538a32da5229a09L206) to [delete_dir()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/833da11ac0cc6920d85c92c6e1401ea37af96bf1/pyhelpers/dir.py#L212) in the module [dir](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/833da11ac0cc6920d85c92c6e1401ea37af96bf1/pyhelpers/dir.py).
- Moved the function [save_web_page_as_pdf()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/95d8a9502d19868fdaa747fd7662f0832b41ca7b#diff-07b6d8c6102940f884435a3670eb5007494d5c51b4deb718ba79c3b267825127L417) from the module [text](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/95d8a9502d19868fdaa747fd7662f0832b41ca7b/pyhelpers/text.py) to [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/b33f1df08991264622dd20876d572851a8b7e5ec/pyhelpers/store.py#L691).
- Removed two functions from the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/c7e22ae0d2e20c9ab84e5224b300e0a660ccb2e0/pyhelpers/ops.py): [~~get_variable_name()~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/c7e22ae0d2e20c9ab84e5224b300e0a660ccb2e0#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aL165) and [~~get_variable_names()~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/c7e22ae0d2e20c9ab84e5224b300e0a660ccb2e0#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aL203).
- Improved the following function/class:
- [save()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/b33f1df08991264622dd20876d572851a8b7e5ec#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607R102) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/b33f1df08991264622dd20876d572851a8b7e5ec/pyhelpers/store.py);
- [PostgreSQL](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/116c7c1872fc8916856ae067e1edc89f8f8580bd) in the module [sql](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/116c7c1872fc8916856ae067e1edc89f8f8580bd/pyhelpers/sql.py).

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(*7 September 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.2.3...1.2.4) since [1.2.3](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.2.3/):**

- Improved the function [fake_requests_headers()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/0462c6bb3e3d32d6266ce2a713d99c90f8b5a0c6) in the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/ef9caca1e696f699633a4ee619e57c9f27ae6ce2/pyhelpers/ops.py).

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(*7 September 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3) since [1.2.2](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.2.2/):**

- Fixed a few bugs in the following functions/class:
- [download_file_from_url()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/76f2f097cf2bad365f84bf9fa9ba8c97454fe7ee) in the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/d3e84b9af834d118d555ae0e41fb32ffa7355b9f/pyhelpers/ops.py);
- [get_specific_filepath_info()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/e24a68f2ec80ef6316e1b0af4c68f779225ab2d8#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607L62) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/e3f8ba9ffb775d030bde7aa18df131cf6e45b5b2/pyhelpers/store.py);
- [PostgreSQL](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/319fe94aac4f215b58620b23a7556489716b59fe) in the module [sql](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/e3f8ba9ffb775d030bde7aa18df131cf6e45b5b2/pyhelpers/sql.py).
- Added a new function [fake_requests_headers()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/0257ca607d80fccfd291e93f0f311cb73b21f1d1/pyhelpers/ops.py#L19-L33) to the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/e3f8ba9ffb775d030bde7aa18df131cf6e45b5b2/pyhelpers/ops.py).

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(*18 July 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.2.1...1.2.2) since [1.2.1](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.2.1/):**

- Improved the following functions:
- [get_specific_filepath_info()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/305d08a8e7bd9aa28698360cde6ca5120d8af2aa/pyhelpers/store.py#L16) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/33002edab79a3fc976b7ae7ded2f33547dc0e5f5/pyhelpers/store.py);
- [split_list()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aa387606d2bc02834933e94a7cbccbc1e545dafe#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aL222) and [get_all_values_from_nested_dict()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aa387606d2bc02834933e94a7cbccbc1e545dafe#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aL341) in the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/33002edab79a3fc976b7ae7ded2f33547dc0e5f5/pyhelpers/ops.py).

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