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Follow the price of apples
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url = '''https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/fv-report-top-filters?&navClass=FRUITS&commAbr=APL&navType=byComm&repType=termPriceDaily&className=FRUITS&commName=%(commName)s&locName=&type=termPrice&repDate=%(theDate)s&endDate=%(theDate)s&format=excel&rebuild=false''' | |
import pendulum | |
from selenium import webdriver | |
commName = 'APPLES' | |
first_date = pendulum.parse('2017.6.13') | |
last_date = pendulum.parse('2017.6.17') | |
finish = last_date.add(days=+1) | |
day = first_date.add(days=-1) | |
if not(first_date.is_today() or first_date.is_past()): | |
print('request for future information') | |
driver = webdriver.Chrome() | |
while True: | |
day = day.add(days=+1) | |
if day == last_date: break | |
if day.is_weekend(): continue | |
theDate = day.strftime('%m%%2F%d%%2F%Y') | |
driver.get(url % locals()) | |
driver.quit() |
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When I run the code, all it downloads is a 0bytes document "d64e048c-d12e-4a8a-b9b1-500cf3141117.tmp"
Any explanation why this is happening?