A quick script I wrote to calculate how much money we'd need to contribute to Swedish Delight's entrance to the Super Smash Brothers (game) Summit. This was a competitive donation event, so it was necessary to understand at all times how much money we'd need on hand at a minimum.

snipe.py

# !/usr/bin/env python
#
# Initial Author: Samuel C. Liu <sam@ambushnetworks.com>
#
# Description: Parse smash.gg to get current numbers for James.
# 
# requirements.txt:
#   beautifulsoup4 == 4.4.1
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import os


class SnipeCalculator(object):

    def __init__(self, filename='details'):
        """Load file and parse with BeautifulSoup4."""
        raw_html = ''.join(open(filename).readlines())
        soup = BeautifulSoup(raw_html, 'html.parser')

        # Find all blocks containing each pay statement.
        self.player_html = soup.find_all(class_="summit-player-column")

    def display(self):
        votes_table = {}
        rank = 0
        for player in self.player_html:
            rank += 1
            avatar_attachment = player.find(class_="avatar-attachment")
            votes = avatar_attachment.find(class_="text-muted").get_text()
            votes = int(votes.replace(',', ''))

            votes_table[rank] = votes

            try:
                player_name_prefix = player.find(class_="prefix").get_text()
            except:
                player_name_prefix = ''

            player_name = player.find(class_="gamertag-title-lg").get_text()
            player_name = player_name[len(player_name_prefix):len(player_name)]

            if player_name == 'Swedish Delight':
                votes_needed = votes_table[1] - votes_table[rank]
                accounts_needed = float(votes_needed / 6)
                dollars_needed_at_5_dollar_vote = votes_needed * 5
                dollars_needed_at_6_votes_per_dollar = accounts_needed * 5
                print 'James still needs: ' + str(votes_needed) + ' votes.'
                print '(' + str(accounts_needed) + ' accounts).'
                print 'With all new accounts: $' + str(dollars_needed_at_6_votes_per_dollar)
                print 'With existing contributors: $' + str(dollars_needed_at_5_dollar_vote)

            # Uncomment this line to see everyone's standings.
            # print player_name_prefix + ' | ' + player_name + ' (' + str(votes) + ' votes)\n\n'

def cli():
    """Command line interface."""
    os.system('rm details*')
    os.system('wget "https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-summit/details"')
    processor = SnipeCalculator()
    processor.display()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    cli()