Micro Center Scraper Using Beautiful Soup
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Project Description
This is a simple Python web scraper to monitor prices on Micro Center's online store for a product you may be interested in.
How to Use:
Upon running the program: there will be a prompt to provide a product to search:
- Enter the name of the product and hit Return.
- There will be a list of results with corresponding index values. Provide the index value for the product you want to monitor, and hit Return.
- Enter the price threshold you wish to receive a notification for and hit Return. The program will loop continuously until your product meets or goes below expected price and an email notification will be sent.
Packages Used
- bs4: version 0.0.1
- beautifulsoup4: version 4.7.1
- requests: version 2.22.0
- lxml: version 4.3.4
Installation
Install micro-center-price-monitor with pip:
pip install micro-center-price-monitor
Other Requirements
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You will need a Gmail Account set up with "Allowing less secure apps to access your account" enabled. This is not recommended for a user's main Gmail account. Using a burner gmail account is recommended in this instance.
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Include login info in System User Variables:
- "EMAIL_USER" -> set to gmail address
- "EMAIL_PASS" -> set to gmail password
TO-DO LIST:
- Inclusion of pages 2..n for search results longer than 1 page.
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