Sample Python File Download

A .py file is plain-text Python source code, executed directly by an interpreter like CPython without a separate compile step. That's part of what makes Python approachable — write a script, run it immediately, see the result.

The same simple file extension covers a huge range of use cases: a ten-line automation script and a full Django backend are both "just" .py files under the hood. Python's standard library and package ecosystem handle everything from web servers to data analysis to machine learning without switching languages.

Download the sample below to test a syntax highlighter, a static analysis tool, or a file-type detector against real Python source rather than a snippet you wrote by hand.