comet_scrape

scrape_comet.py

from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
from mechanize import Browser

def CometScrape(date):
	br = Browser()
	entry = None
	br.open('http://www.comettavern.com/shows.php')
	br.select_form(nr=0)
	form = br.form
	month = ['January', 'Feburary', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'][int(date[0:2]) - 1]
	day = str(date[2:4])
	br['month'] = [month]
	results = br.submit(name='submit').read()
	soup = BeautifulSoup(results)
	for main in soup('div', id='main'):
		for link in main('a'):
				if day in str(link.renderContents):
					print link.renderContents()
					try:
						entry = br.follow_link(text=link.renderContents(), nr=0).read()
					except:
						print "Broken link or something :("
						break
	if entry:
		soup = BeautifulSoup(entry)
		for bands_div in soup('ul', id='bandsMain'):
			for band in bands_div('li'):
				bandName = band.renderContents()
				for a in band('a'):
					bandName = a.renderContents()
				print bandName