Real Time Scraper - final version

main.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from urllib import parse
from flask import Flask
from flask_restful import Resource, Api, reqparse

app = Flask(__name__)
api = Api(app)


class SteamSearch(Resource):
    def put(self):
        parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
        parser.add_argument('term', required=True,
                            help='A search term needs to be provided')
        args = parser.parse_args()

        formattedSearchTerm = parse.urlencode({'term': args.term})

        r = requests.get(
            f'https://store.steampowered.com/search/?{formattedSearchTerm}')

        soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')

        resultsRow = soup.find_all('a', {'class': 'search_result_row'})

        results = []

        for resultRow in resultsRow:
            gameURL = resultRow.get('href')
            title = resultRow.find('span', {'class': 'title'}).text
            releaseDate = resultRow.find(
                'div', {'class': 'search_released'}).text
            imgURL = resultRow.select('div.search_capsule img')[0].get('src')
            price = None
            discountedPrice = None

            if (resultRow.select('div.search_price span strike')):
                price = resultRow.select('div.search_price span strike')[
                    0].text.strip(' \t\n\r')
                if (resultRow.select('div.search_price')):
                    rawDiscountPrice = resultRow.select(
                        'div.search_price')[0].text.strip(' \t\n\r')
                    discountedPrice = rawDiscountPrice.replace(price, '')

            results.append({
                'gameURL': gameURL,
                'title': title,
                'releaseDate': releaseDate,
                'imgURL': imgURL,
                'price': price,
                'discountedPrice': discountedPrice
            })

        return results


api.add_resource(SteamSearch, '/steam_search')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)