ItemStatusChecker.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# ItemStatusChecker.py

from twisted.internet import reactor
from scrapy.crawler import Crawler
from scrapy import log, signals
from site_scraper.spiders.scrape1 import MySpider
from scrapy.utils.project import get_project_settings
import wx
import time

class myWindow(wx.Frame):
  
    def __init__(self, parent, title):
        super(myWindow, self).__init__(parent, title=title, 
            size=(390, 350))
            
        self.InitUI()
        self.Centre()
        self.Show()     
        
    def InitUI(self):
    
        panel = wx.Panel(self)
        
        font = wx.SystemSettings_GetFont(wx.SYS_SYSTEM_FONT)
        font.SetPointSize(9)

        vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        
        hbox2 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
        st2 = wx.StaticText(panel, label='IDs:')
        st2.SetFont(font)
        hbox2.Add(st2)
        vbox.Add(hbox2, flag=wx.LEFT | wx.TOP, border=10)
        
        vbox.Add((-1, 10))
        
        hbox3 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
        self.tc2 = wx.TextCtrl(panel, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
        hbox3.Add(self.tc2, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND)
        vbox.Add(hbox3, proportion=1, flag=wx.LEFT|wx.RIGHT|wx.EXPAND, 
            border=10)
        
        vbox.Add((-1, 25))
        
        hbox4 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
        cb1 = wx.CheckBox(panel, label='Export to Excel')
        cb1.SetFont(font)
        hbox4.Add(cb1)
        vbox.Add(hbox4, flag=wx.LEFT, border=10)
        
        vbox.Add((-1, 25))
        
        hbox5 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
        self.btn1 = wx.Button(panel, label='Ok', size=(70, 30))
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButtonClicked, id=self.btn1.GetId())
        hbox5.Add(self.btn1)
        btn2 = wx.Button(panel, label='Close', size=(70, 30))
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnExit, id=btn2.GetId()) 
        hbox5.Add(btn2, flag=wx.LEFT|wx.BOTTOM, border=5)
        vbox.Add(hbox5, flag=wx.ALIGN_RIGHT|wx.RIGHT, border=10)
        
        panel.SetSizer(vbox)

    def OnExit(self, event):
        self.Close()

    def OnButtonClicked(self, e):

        self.btn1.Hide()
        
        savefile = open('urls.txt', 'w')
        savefile.write(self.tc2.GetValue())
        savefile.close()

        spider = MySpider(domain='site.com')
        settings = get_project_settings()
        crawler = Crawler(settings)
        crawler.signals.connect(reactor.stop, signal=signals.spider_closed)
        crawler.configure()
        crawler.crawl(spider)
        crawler.start()
        log.start()
        reactor.run()

        thedate = time.strftime("%m-%d-%y")
        thefile = "Please check your Desktop for Item-Status-"+thedate+".csv"
        dlg=wx.MessageDialog(self,thefile,'Status Check Complete',wx.OK)
        dlg.ShowModal()
        dlg.Destroy()

def main():
    app = wx.App()
    myWindow(None, title='Item Status Checker')
    app.MainLoop()
        
if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()
    

Code sample for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23351565/issue-packaging-scrapy-spider-with-cx-freeze-or-py2exe