Run product scraper manual

1. create virtual environment python3 -m venv env_api

2. enter virtual environment source ./env_api/bin/activate

3. intall necessary modules pip3 install -r requirements.txt

4. Change to product scraping main directory

• Same local directory as 'TCG Sole Trader Copy.xlsx' workbook cd product_scraping

5. Call controller main method python3 single_run/product_scraper_controller.py

6. exit virtual environment deactivate

Run product scraper continuous

""" Call EMAIL_SENDER=bot@partsltd.co.uk
EMAIL_PASSWORD=@sJt1b5Cliu6
EMAIL_RECIPIENT=teddy@shuffleandskirmish.co.uk
python3 product_scraper.py

One-time setup (edit credentials first):

1. Fill in your email details in the service file

nano product_scraping/tcg-scraper.service

2. Copy to systemd and enable

sudo cp product_scraping/tcg-scraper.service /etc/systemd/system/ sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable tcg-scraper # auto-start on boot sudo systemctl start tcg-scraper Day-to-day controls:

sudo systemctl stop tcg-scraper # stop immediately sudo systemctl start tcg-scraper # start again sudo systemctl restart tcg-scraper # restart (e.g. after editing the .py) sudo systemctl status tcg-scraper # is it running? last exit code? journalctl -fu tcg-scraper # live log tail (Ctrl+C to exit) journalctl -u tcg-scraper --since today # today's log """