Python code for crypto price checker

Author: vkb20

WebScrapingScripts/crypto_price_checker/crypto_price_checker.py

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+import requests
+import bs4
+
+url = "https://www.cointracker.io/price"
+req = requests.get(url)
+scrap = bs4.BeautifulSoup(req.text, 'html.parser')
+
+#getting list of individual sites to get price data
+individual_sites = [tag['href'] for tag in scrap.find_all('a', {'class':"d-flex no-underline"})]
+
+for i in range(len(individual_sites)):
+	#appending the string for each "i" to "https://www.cointracker.io".
+	url2 = "https://www.cointracker.io" + individual_sites[i]
+	req2 = requests.get(url2)
+	scrap2 = bs4.BeautifulSoup(req2.text, 'html.parser')
+
+	#getting the cryptocurreny name from the string
+	crypto_name = individual_sites[i][7:]
+
+	#getting the data where the price is present and converting it to string
+	findClass = scrap2.find('div', {'class':'my-auto h4'})
+	findClassStr = str(findClass)
+	
+	#finding index from which price of cryptocurrency starts
+	idx = findClassStr.find("data-price-container-symbol=")
+	idx = findClassStr.find(">", idx, len(findClassStr))
+	idx = idx+1
+	price_str = ""
+
+	#looping till I get the complete price as a string
+	while(findClassStr[idx]!="<"):
+		price_str = price_str + findClassStr[idx]
+		idx = idx+1
+	print("crptocurrency : " + crypto_name + " and 1 " + crypto_name + " = " + price_str)
+	
+