#IMPORTS import requests import csv import datetime with open("prices.csv", "w") as pricedata: writing = csv.writer(pricedata, delimiter=',', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL) writing.writerow(["version from", datetime.datetime.now()]) #reading of Product-CSV-File; Variable definition imp = open("products.csv","r") raw_imp = csv.reader(imp, delimiter=',') raw_list = list(raw_imp) productcount = len(raw_list) print("needing to update",productcount, "prices") productnumber = 0 #DATA-RECIEVING while productnumber < productcount: ingest = raw_list.pop(0) website = ingest.pop(1) productnumber = int(ingest.pop(0)) print("fetching data... This step might take a couple of seconds") res = requests.get(website) print("recieved data from", website) check = str(res) if check == "": print("Ressource unavailable, skipping..") else: request_done = res.text priceIdx = request_done.index('property="product:price:amount') raw_price = request_done[priceIdx+41:priceIdx+60] price_extract = "" for buchstabe in raw_price: if buchstabe == "\"": break else: price_extract += buchstabe price = float(price_extract) print("The price is following: ", price, "CHF\n") with open("prices.csv", "a") as pricedata: writing = csv.writer(pricedata, delimiter=',', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL) writing.writerow([productnumber, price])