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Instructions
Here at Wander, we like our users to have a clean user expierence.
Below are some steps for setting up your Wander application.
1. Download the entire project from GitHub.
2. Use our embedded project interepretter so pycharm doesnt give you any sill import errors.
4. Run File from MAIN.py
3. You’re good to go!
Note: this program uses MS excel to display CSVs
Wander has various functions. Below is a list of the functions you will encounter.
1. Submit a url:
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Copy and paste a link to an amazon product page and press submit
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Now a graph will apear showing you visually the current and average price.
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you will also be able to see average, current, max, and min prices as well. If you have aleardy ran this url, you can see your historical data.
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Most importantly after pasting a url, a csv file will be created and now can be added to by updating databases (Tools > Update Database…)
Use these URLs to see the historical data of these products:
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXLTMUW
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ND3Z3DZ
2. Update Databases
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Under the tools section in the top left corner lives ‘Update Databases…’
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Here you can run all of your autocrawler which will run through the existing CSVs
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After running update your csvs will contain the most current price
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You can set this function up with windows task scheduler and start scheduling data collection
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Program will become unresponsive for a short time, as it iterates through the product pages
3. Buy it Now
- This button opens the URL’s respective amazon product webpage
4. Show CSV
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This button is located in the tool bar
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When selected, Excel will open the URL’s respective information in CSV format (All of the collected Data)
5. Graph
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This autopopulates after submiting the URL
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Displays a Red line that represents the average price of the URL’s historical data
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Displays a Blue line that represents the price according to date
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Provides buttons with various functionalities in the bottom left of the window
6. Quit
- This button exits the application