Tracks price of given product on amazon and sends e-mail notification if the price drops below a given threshold.

1. Go to the following link to set up an app password for your google account.

   Link

2. Set email address and password generated for third-party app as environment variables.

   export EMAIL_USER=<Your email id>
   export EMAIL_PASSWORD=<Generated password>
   

You may have to set up 2FA if you have not already.

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/tintindas/amazon-price-tracker.git

2. Navigate into directory

   cd amazon-price-tracker

3. Set up Python virtual environment

   python3 -m venv .venv

   .venv is what I usually name my virtual environment folder.

4. Activate environment

   $ source .venv/bin/activate

5. Install dependencies

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Edit email list

   Edit the line below. Reset the array with your email addresses.

   `msg['To'] = ['upamanyudas16@gmail.com']

1. Put the url(s) of your product(s) in the config array in the config.py.
2. The id property of the object must be unique.
3. Each product must be its own object with a target price, unique id and url.

Change the cron schedule to run the workflow in check_price.yml at your intended interval.

- cron: "0 */8 * * *"