Small 15-minute-made bot to scrape a catalog on the website www.dacoproducts.com and check for availability for specific items. Intended to be connected to a pushnotification system as a standalone.

dacobot.py

import requests

# ========== SETTINGS ==========

# Item codes you want to look for.
# (https://www.dacoproducts.com/K2Order.php)
# Selected on 'Stock N°' column but with all spaces stripped
# Example: "DCB003b + DVD PAL" => "DCB003b+DVDPAL"
items = ["DCB000", "DCB002"]

str_available = "AVAILABLE!!!"
str_unavailable = "unavailable"

# ========== /SETTINGS ==========

# Makes list into dictionary
available = {}
for item in items:
	available[item] = False

# Scrape Daco catalog
raw = requests.get("https://www.dacoproducts.com/K2Order.php").text.lower()

# Split on HTML Table rows
blocks = raw.split("<tr>")
del blocks[0]

#Loop over table rows
for block in blocks:
	# Split on HTML Table cols
	fields = block.split("<td")
	del fields[0]

	# If no href, not an item
	# If no "add to cart", item is not available
	# if ("<a href=" not in fields[0]):
	if ("<a href=" not in fields[0] or "add to cart" not in block):
		continue

	# Dirtiest pattern selector I have ever made
	id = fields[0].split(".php\">")[1].split("<")[0].replace("&nbsp;", "").replace(" ", "").upper()

	# If we are actually looking for this item, update it in the dict
	if (id in items):
		available[id] = True

# Print all items we looked for
for item in available.keys():
	print("{}: {}".format(item, str_available if available[item] else str_unavailable))