doe_committee_scraper.py

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
import time

chromeOptions = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
prefs = {"download.default_directory": r"C:\Users\popularweb6231\python_work\fltp_files\downloads\\"}
chromeOptions.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)
chromedriver = "C:/Users/popularweb6231/chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver, options=chromeOptions)

url = "https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/committees/downloadcomlist.asp"
# create a new Chrome session
driver.implicitly_wait(30)
driver.get(url)

# Find download button and click it.
click_field = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'CanDownload')
click_field.click()

# This is supposed to make it wait, but it didn't? 
driver.implicitly_wait(10)

# So I had to make it wait here, like this to give it time to download.
time.sleep(5)

# Rename file according to date.
from rename_file import rename_file

rename_file()

rename_file.py

import os
from datetime import date

def rename_file():
    # Find today's date to name the file.
    today = date.today().strftime("%m_%d_%Y_")

    # Find the file and set new naming convention.
    old_name = r'C:/Users/popularweb6231/python_work/fltp_files/downloads/DoeCommitteeList.txt'
    new_name = f"C:/Users/popularweb6231/python_work/fltp_files/downloads/{today}DoeCommitteeList.txt"

    # Make sure not to overwrite if we already changed it.
    if os.path.isfile(new_name):
        print("The file already exists.")
        
    # Rename that sucker.
    else:
        os.rename(old_name, new_name)

rename_file()

Code.py