Parser for potato salad kickstarter funding.

potato-salad.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Script parses funding reached by the potato salad kickstarter
through lynx CLI browser.
Appends funding and date and time of funding to CSV file
for later plotting.
"""

import sys, re, csv
import datetime
from commands import getstatusoutput

cmd      = 'lynx -dump -crawl "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad"'
webpage  = getstatusoutput(cmd)[1]

funding  = re.search(r'\$(\d\d\d?),(\d\d\d)\n\s+pledged of \$10 goal\n', webpage)
funding  = int(funding.group(1) + funding.group(2))

backers  = re.search(r'(\d\d?),(\d\d\d)\n\s+Backers\n', webpage)
backers  = int(backers.group(1) + backers.group(2))

row      = (funding, datetime.datetime.now(), backers)
csv_path = sys.argv[1]

with open(csv_path, "a") as ofile:
	writer = csv.writer(ofile, delimiter='\t')
	writer.writerow(row)


try:
	verbose = sys.argv[2]
except IndexError:
	verbose = False

if verbose:
	print '$%d at' % funding, datetime.datetime.now(), 'by %d backers' % backers