Product Price Tracker

This Python script, tracker.py, automates the tracking of product prices on websites using Selenium and notifies the user via email when there's a change in price. It employs pandas for data handling, smtplib for sending emails, and Selenium for web scraping.

Features

• Price tracking for specified products on websites
• Automated email notifications for price changes
• Error handling and logging for easy debugging

Requirements

To run this script, you'll need the following installed:

• Python 3.x
• Pandas
• Selenium WebDriver
• ChromeDriver (or any compatible driver for your browser)

Additionally, you will need to set up environment variables for email_sender, email_password, and email_receiver to enable email notifications.

Installation

First, clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/marc-rifat/price-tracker.git

Then, navigate to the cloned directory and install the required Python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup

1. Ensure you have ChromeDriver installed and it's accessible in your system's PATH.
2. Set up the environment variables for your email configurations:
   • email_sender: The email address from which the notifications will be sent.
   • email_password: The password for the sender's email account.
   • email_receiver: The email address to receive the notifications.

Usage

Run the script using Python from your terminal:

python3 tracker.py

The script expects a CSV file named products.csv in the same directory, containing the following columns:

• url: The product page URL.
• xpath: The XPath to the element that contains the product's price.
• price: The last known price (this will be updated by the script).