This simple script scrapes shopbot.ca and tracks price drops. Set it up in a cron job to have it notify you by email.
This project requires BeautifulSoup 4
Clone the repo and open the shopbot.py file. Change lines 73 - 79 to configure your email account, email recipient, and products you want to monitor.
# you probably don't need to change this, but you can if you want
fromname = "Shopbot Watcher"
# configure your email address here
fromemail = "yourgmailaccount@gmailorcustomdomain.com"
# configure the recipient name here
toname = "Your Name"
# configure the recipient email address here - might be the same as fromemail
toemail = "recipient@email.com"
password = "yourpassword!"
# configure this array with part number of the items you wish to monitor
productsToCheck = ["CMSA16GX3M2A1600C11", "MZ-7TE1T0BW"]A simple twice-a-day cron schedule might look something like this:
* 0,12 * * * "python ~/Downloads/shopbot-watcher/shopbot.py"
Working on OSX? Use a tool like Lingon to schedule scripts.
- Out-of-the-box support for parsing shopbot.ca only.
- Other email providers are untested; change the smtp gateway address to use an alternate provider.