scrapes product stock values from canadacomputers.com based on store location
install )
download zip of repo., unzip into a folder.
having python and pip installed, navigate to the folder containing files, do pip install -r requirements.txt to install necessary dependencies.
(if not: https://www.python.org/downloads/, https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/)
run python gui.py
operation )
- enter in search term to scrape canadacomputers for
- enter the store locations (check @ canadacomputer's site to see what locations are actually available)
- wait for window to update and display stock information
- press numbered button to re-scrape and update information (number signifies the number of updates done)
information is displayed in both the console and window
editing )
to make the operation of the program automated (updated without intervention, after certain time intervals): open gui.py in any text editors (n++, py idle, vscode) and find line 179: #root.after(ms, updatestock), and uncomment it (remove '#'). specify the time interval in milliseconds to refresh data (recommended > 30000ms (30s))