updater.py

import json
import urllib.request
import sys
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

username = 'BUXFER USERNAME'
password = 'BUXFER PASSWORD'

def checkError(response):
    result = json.loads(response)
    response = result['response']
    if response['status'] != "OK":
        print("An error occured: " + response['status'].replace('ERROR: ', ''))
        sys.exit(1)
    return response

# BUXFER ACCOUNT POLLING #
base = "https://www.buxfer.com/api";
url  = base + "/login?userid=" + username + "&password=" + password;

# Confirm API request and obtain token
req = urllib.request.Request(url=url)
response = checkError(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode('utf-8'))
token = response['token']

# Obtain accounts
url  = base + "/accounts?token=" + token;
req = urllib.request.Request(url=url)
response = checkError(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode('utf-8'))

# PCPARTPICKER TOTAL POLLING #
url = 'PCPARTPICKER BUILD URL'
req = urllib.request.Request(url=url)
req_html = urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode('utf-8')
table = [[cell.text for cell in row("td")] for row in BeautifulSoup(req_html, "html.parser")("tr")]
money = 0
for entry in table:
    if len(entry) > 2:
        if entry[0] == "Base Total:":
            money = float(entry[1][1:])

# Parse balance from first account and write to a text file
balance = response['accounts'][0]['balance']
f = open(r'PATH_TO_@RESOURCES', 'w')
f.write('[Variables]\n\nBalance='+str(balance)+'\nGoal='+str(money))
f.close()