A simple up-to-date script (2024 July) to check stock for a product ID at all Micro Center locations in Bash and Python

Micro Center.md

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microcenter.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# Prompt user for the product ID
product_id = input("Enter the product ID (default is 0): ") or "0"

# URL template of the Micro Center product page
url_template = f"https://www.microcenter.com/product/{product_id}/v?storeid={{}}"

# List of store IDs
store_ids = {
    "Tustin, CA": 101,
    "Denver, CO": 181,
    "Duluth, GA": 65,
    "Marietta, GA": 41,
    "Chicago, IL": 151,
    "Westmont, IL": 25,
    "Indianapolis, IN": 165,
    "Overland Park, KS": 191,
    "Cambridge, MA": 121,
    "Rockville, MD": 85,
    "Parkville, MD": 125,
    "Madison Heights, MI": 55,
    "St. Louis Park, MN": 45,
    "Brentwood, MO": 95,
    "Charlotte, NC": 175,
    "North Jersey, NJ": 75,
    "Westbury, NY": 171,
    "Brooklyn, NY": 115,
    "Flushing, NY": 145,
    "Yonkers, NY": 105,
    "Columbus, OH": 141,
    "Mayfield Heights, OH": 51,
    "Sharonville, OH": 71,
    "St. Davids, PA": 61,
    "Houston, TX": 155,
    "Dallas, TX": 131,
    "Fairfax, VA": 81,
    "Shippable Items": 29  # This entry represents "Shippable Items" if needed
}

# Function to fetch and parse the product page for a given store ID
def fetch_product_page(store_id):
    try:
        url = url_template.format(store_id)
        response = requests.get(url)
        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for HTTP errors
        return BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"\033[91mError fetching the product page for store ID {store_id}: {e}\033[0m")
        return None

# Function to extract availability information
def check_availability(soup):
    availability_info = []
    try:
        inventory_div = soup.find('div', id='pnlInventory')
        if inventory_div:
            # Check for the existence of store name element
            store_name_element = inventory_div.find('span', class_='storeName')
            store_name = store_name_element.text.strip() if store_name_element else 'Unknown Store'
            
            # Check for the existence of inventory status element
            inventory_status_element = inventory_div.find('span', class_='inventoryCnt')
            status_text = inventory_status_element.text.strip() if inventory_status_element else 'SOLD OUT'
            
            availability_info.append({"Store": store_name, "Availability": status_text})
        else:
            print("\033[93mNo inventory information found on the page.\033[0m")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"\033[91mError parsing the product page: {e}\033[0m")

    return availability_info

# Function to print formatted availability information
def print_availability_info(availability_info):
    in_stock = [info for info in availability_info if 'IN STOCK' in info['Availability']]
    sold_out = [info for info in availability_info if 'SOLD OUT' in info['Availability']]

    print("\n\033[94m==================== Availability Information ====================\033[0m\n")
    print("\033[92mIn Stock:\033[0m\n")
    for info in in_stock:
        print(f"Store: {info['Store']}\nAvailability: \033[92m{info['Availability']}\033[0m\n")

    print("\033[91mSold Out:\033[0m\n")
    for info in sold_out:
        print(f"Store: {info['Store']}\nAvailability: \033[91m{info['Availability']}\033[0m\n")
    print("\033[94m==================================================================\033[0m\n")

# Fetch the product page and availability information for each store
all_availability_info = []
for store_name, store_id in store_ids.items():
    print(f"\033[96mChecking availability for {store_name} (Store ID: {store_id})...\033[0m")
    soup = fetch_product_page(store_id)
    if soup:
        availability_info = check_availability(soup)
        if availability_info:
            all_availability_info.extend(availability_info)
        else:
            print(f"\033[93mNo availability information found for {store_name}.\033[0m")
    else:
        print(f"\033[91mFailed to fetch the product page for store ID {store_id}.\033[0m")

# Print all collected availability information
if all_availability_info:
    print_availability_info(all_availability_info)
else:
    print("\033[91mNo availability information found for any store.\033[0m")

microcenter.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Prompt user for the product ID
read "product_id?Enter the product ID (default is 0): "
product_id=${product_id:-0}

# URL template of the Micro Center product page
url_template="https://www.microcenter.com/product/${product_id}/v?storeid="

# List of store IDs and their names
store_ids=("101:Tustin, CA" "181:Denver, CO" "65:Duluth, GA" "41:Marietta, GA" "151:Chicago, IL"
           "25:Westmont, IL" "165:Indianapolis, IN" "191:Overland Park, KS" "121:Cambridge, MA"
           "85:Rockville, MD" "125:Parkville, MD" "55:Madison Heights, MI" "45:St. Louis Park, MN"
           "95:Brentwood, MO" "175:Charlotte, NC" "75:North Jersey, NJ" "171:Westbury, NY"
           "115:Brooklyn, NY" "145:Flushing, NY" "105:Yonkers, NY" "141:Columbus, OH"
           "51:Mayfield Heights, OH" "71:Sharonville, OH" "61:St. Davids, PA" "155:Houston, TX"
           "131:Dallas, TX" "81:Fairfax, VA" "29:Shippable Items")

# Function to fetch and parse the product page for a given store ID
fetch_product_page() {
    local store_id=$1
    local url="${url_template}${store_id}"
    curl -s "$url"
}

# Function to extract availability information
check_availability() {
    local response=$1
    local store_name=$2
    local availability_info=$(echo "$response" | grep -o 'class="inventoryCnt">[^<]*' | head -1 | sed 's/class="inventoryCnt">//')
    local store_display=$(echo "$response" | grep -o 'class="storeName">[^<]*' | head -1 | sed 's/class="storeName">//')
    if [[ -z "$availability_info" || "$availability_info" == *"SOLD OUT"* ]]; then
        availability_info="SOLD OUT"
    fi
    if [ -z "$store_display" ]; then
        store_display="$store_name"
    fi
    echo -e "${store_display}\t${availability_info}"
}

# Fetch the product page and availability information for each store
all_availability_info=()
for store in "${store_ids[@]}"; do
    store_id=${store%%:*}
    store_name=${store#*:}
    echo -e "\033[96mChecking availability for ${store_name} (Store ID: ${store_id})...\033[0m"
    response=$(fetch_product_page "$store_id")
    availability_info=$(check_availability "$response" "$store_name")
    all_availability_info+=("$availability_info")
done

# Print all collected availability information
echo -e "\n\033[94m==================== Availability Information ====================\033[0m\n"
echo -e "\033[92mIn Stock:\033[0m\n"
for info in "${all_availability_info[@]}"; do
    if [[ "$info" != *"SOLD OUT"* ]]; then
        echo -e "\033[92m$info\033[0m"
    fi
done

echo -e "\n\033[91mSold Out:\033[0m\n"
for info in "${all_availability_info[@]}"; do
    if [[ "$info" == *"SOLD OUT"* ]]; then
        echo -e "\033[91m$info\033[0m"
    fi
done
echo -e "\n\033[94m==================================================================\033[0m\n"