USCIS

uscis.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from datetime import datetime

def evaluate():
    filename = "{}.csv".format(datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
    fileHandle = open(filename, "a+")
    url = 'https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do'
    # initialize with the header 
    result = ["Receipt Number,Status,Date"]
    for number in range(10000, 16000):
        receiptNum = "YSC20900{}".format(number)
        params = {"appReceiptNum" : receiptNum}
        response = requests.post(url, data=params)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content.decode("utf-8"), 'lxml')
        try:
            title = soup.select(".appointment-sec h1")[0].getText()
            date = " ".join(soup.select(".appointment-sec p")[0].getText().split(" ")[1:3])[:-1] 
            csvLine = ",".join([receiptNum, title, date])
            result.append(csvLine)
        except:
            print(receiptNum)

    fileHandle.write("\n".join(result))

    fileHandle.close()


evaluate()