Get notified by ABC 2020 Election Results

watch.py

import time
import os
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


def get_results():
    print("checking...")
    page = requests.get(
        "https://abcnews.go.com/Elections/2020-us-presidential-election-results-live-map/")
    soup = BeautifulSoup(page.content, 'html.parser')
    biden_count = int(soup.select(
        'div.Candidate--democrat div.Candidate__Votes')[0].text)
    trump_count = int(soup.select(
        'div.Candidate--republican div.Candidate__Votes')[0].text)
    if biden_count >= 270:
        os.system('say Joe Biden projected to win the election.')
        print("Biden wins")
    elif trump_count >= 270:
        os.system('say Donald Trump projected to win the election.')
        print("Trump wins")
    time.sleep(60*15)  # 15 minutes


while True:
    get_results()