SivaArwin

city_from = input('From which city? ')
city_to = input('Where to? ')
date_start = input('Search around which departure date? Please use YYYY-MM-DD format only ')
date_end = input('Return when? Please use YYYY-MM-DD format only ')

# city_from = 'LIS'
# city_to = 'SIN'
# date_start = '2019-08-21'
# date_end = '2019-09-07'

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def start_kayak(city_from, city_to, date_start, date_end):
    """City codes - it's the IATA codes!
    Date format -  YYYY-MM-DD"""
    
    kayak = ('https://www.kayak.com/flights/' + city_from + '-' + city_to +
             '/' + date_start + '-flexible/' + date_end + '-flexible?sort=bestflight_a')
    driver.get(kayak)
    sleep(randint(8,10))
    
    # sometimes a popup shows up, so we can use a try statement to check it and close

SivaArwin

def page_scrape():
    """This function takes care of the scraping part"""
    
    xp_sections = '//*[@class="section duration"]'
    sections = driver.find_elements_by_xpath(xp_sections)
    sections_list = [value.text for value in sections]
    section_a_list = sections_list[::2] # This is to separate the two flights
    section_b_list = sections_list[1::2] # This is to separate the two flights
    
    # if you run into a reCaptcha, you might want to do something about it

SivaArwin

def page_scrape():
    """This function takes care of the scraping part"""
    
    xp_sections = '//*[@class="section duration"]'
    sections = driver.find_elements_by_xpath(xp_sections)
    sections_list = [value.text for value in sections]
    section_a_list = sections_list[::2] # This is to separate the two flights
    section_b_list = sections_list[1::2] # This is to separate the two flights
    
    # if you run into a reCaptcha, you might want to do something about it

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# Load more results to maximize the scraping
def load_more():
    try:
        more_results = '//a[@class = "moreButton"]'
        driver.find_element_by_xpath(more_results).click()
        # Printing these notes during the program helps me quickly check what it is doing
        print('sleeping.....')
        sleep(randint(45,60))
    except:
        pass