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get.py

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+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import requests, lxml, time
+from prettytable import PrettyTable
+
+while True:
+    url = "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results"
+    page = requests.get(url).text
+
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(page, "lxml")
+    parties = soup.find_all("thead", {"class": "ge2017-banner__head"})[0]
+    results = soup.find_all("tbody", {"class": "ge2017-banner__body"})[0]
+
+    partynames = [x.text for x in parties.find_all("span", {"class": "vh"})][1:]
+    seatstable = results.find("tr", {"class": "ge2017-banner__row--seats"})
+    seats = [x.text for x in seatstable.find_all("td", {"class": "ge2017-banner__value"})]
+
+    t = PrettyTable(['Party', 'Seats'])
+    for i in range(len(seats)):
+        t.add_row([partynames[i], seats[i]])
+
+    f = open('/var/www/html/2017','w+')
+    print >>f, str(t)
+    f.close()
+    time.sleep(5)