Simply type in the card you are looking for and press enter.
That is then saved here.
Which you can then import...
Here!
It also takes into account cards that do not exist. But not half typed. i.e. If I typed 'myr' it would return everything with myr in the title... No really worth fixing. More the error / aid of the website it's searching.
[Small error fixed: 'Mirrodin Besieged Singles' was picked up from the ads on the side bar. Now the first category is correct. I'm not replacing the screenshots though. You get the picture. (Spot the pun)]
Code below:
#!C:/Program Files/Python/Python 2.7
import urllib
print "miMTGCrawler version 0.1"
f = open('cardList.txt', 'a')
# The below URL is the link to a card. The card name is appended, also '+' replaces ' '. Case is irrelevent.
# e.g. 'Myr Enforcer' = 'Myr+Enforcer'
# Searches the website starcitygames.com for the information.
scLink = 'http://sales.starcitygames.com/search.php?substring='
while(True):
print "Please enter card name: "
card = raw_input()
if card == 'q':
break
#Builds the URL for the card.
cardLink = scLink + card.replace(' ', '+')
page = urllib.urlopen(cardLink).read()
# Search for the category. e.g. 'Mirridon'
categoryString = 'http://sales.starcitygames.com//category.php?cat='
# Jumps to the first listing.
pos = page.find('tooltip')
pos = page.find(categoryString, pos)
# Loops through this process until there are no more valid categories on the page.
while (pos != -1):
pos = page.find('>', pos) + 1
# This will build a string for the Card and it's categories and values of the listing found.
cardString = card + '\t' + page[pos : page.find('<', pos)] + '\t'
pos = page.find('">$', pos)
# Checks to see if a price was found following the category.
if pos == -1:
print 'There is no such card: ' + card
break
cardString = cardString + page[page.find('$', pos) : page.find('</td>', pos)]
print cardString + '\n'
f.write(cardString + '\n')
# Look for the next category.
pos = page.find(categoryString, pos)
