def checkProduct(model):
#setup
currentFolder = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/shopbot_history/"
if not os.path.exists("shopbot_history"):
os.makedirs(currentFolder)
priceHistoryFile = currentFolder + "shopbot-"+model+".txt"
#url to call
r = requests.get("http://www.shopbot.ca/m/?m=" + model)
html = r.text.encode('utf-8')
soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
#begin scrape
product = Product(soup.h1(text=True)[0], sanitizeName(soup.findAll("li", { "class" : "image" })[0].img["alt"]), soup.findAll("li", { "class" : "image" })[0].img["src"], [])
for x in soup.findAll("div", { "class" : "price" }, text=True):
product.addPrice(floatFromMoney(x.span.text))
print product.name + ":"
if os.path.exists(priceHistoryFile):
with open(priceHistoryFile, "r") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
previousPrice = float(lines[-1])
f.close()
if (previousPrice == min(product.prices)):
print "\tNo price changes detected. Currently: " + moneyFromFloat(min(product.prices)) + "\n"
elif (previousPrice > min(product.prices)):
print "\tNew lower price detected! Currently: " + moneyFromFloat(min(product.prices))
if (previousPrice - priceDropThreshold > min(product.prices)):
subject = "Woo! " + moneyFromFloat(min(product.prices)) + " for " + product.model
body = "\n\n" + product.name + " has dropped in price! It's now: \n\n" + moneyFromFloat(min(product.prices)) + ".\n\nLink: http://www.shopbot.ca/m/?m=" + model + "\n"
notify(subject, body)
elif (previousPrice < min(product.prices)):
print "\tPrice increase. Currently: " + moneyFromFloat(min(product.prices)) + "\n"
with open(priceHistoryFile, "a") as f:
f.write(str(min(product.prices)) + "\n")
f.close()
else:
with open(priceHistoryFile, "a") as f:
f.write(str(min(product.prices)) + "\n")
f.close()
print "\tCreated history file. Run this script again to check for price changes.\n"
