Command line program takes optional args: amount, material, and weight. Program returns listings sorted by most inexpensive rate. To see a list of possible args, run the application with first argument "--h" or "-help"
- amount: amount of listings to return (sorted by most inexpensive listings- price per weight is calculated)
- integer 1-100
- default: 10
- material: type of yarn to sort by ("command":"value")
- "all":"all", "w":"wool", "mw":"merino wool", "sw":"specialty wool", "s":"silk", "a":"acrylic/synthetic", "c":"cotton", "l":"linen", "b":"bamboo"
- default: all
- weight: thickness of the yarn to sort by ("command":"value")
- integer 0-6 (or all) "all":"all", "0":"lace", "1":"superfine", "2":"fine", "3":"light", "4":"medium", "5":"bulky", "6":"superbulky"
- default: all
-- To run multiple arguments for arg2 or arg3, separate them with hyphen. ie:
10 w-mw-sw 0-1-2
- download repository
- in terminal, navigate to yarn_scraper
- run
pip install -r requirements.txt - run the program with the command (args optional):
python yarn_scraper.py [*arg1*] [*arg2*] [*arg3*]- ex: to run the program and print the 12 cheapest-by-weight listings of cotton, acrylic, and linen, and only search for the fine and superfine yarns, print:
python yarn_scraper.py 12 c-a-l 1-2