I have this python code that searches ebay to return results for a serach string. The codes executes properly and returns the result as i want but only when i use the print() function. I am parsing the result using json to a flask page, using print() only prints to the console so i used return but it doesn't give all the results, it returns only one item.
How do i make the code return all the results and display it on my flask page?
I am new to python and this is my first project. I have asked this question before and got the code upgraded to what it is now and i have been scouring the internet for solution but i haven't found any yet. Someone please help me with a code that will return all the results gotten from the search.
Link to my previous question that helped me
Backend
@app.route('/ebay_page_post', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def ebay_page_post():
if request.method == 'POST':
#Get json format of the text sent by Ajax
search = request.json['search']
try:
#ebaysdk code starts here
api = finding(appid='JohnOkek-hybridse-PRD-5c2330105-9bbb62f2', config_file = None)
api_request = {'keywords':search, 'outputSelector': 'SellerInfo', 'categoryId': '293'}
response = api.execute('findItemsAdvanced', api_request)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'lxml')
totalentries = int(soup.find('totalentries').text)
items = soup.find_all('item')
# This will be returned
itemsFound = {}
# This index will be incremented
# each time an item is added
index = 0
for item in items:
cat = item.categoryname.string.lower()
title = item.title.string.lower().strip()
price = int(round(float(item.currentprice.string)))
url = item.viewitemurl.string.lower()
seller = item.sellerusername.text.lower()
listingtype = item.listingtype.string.lower()
condition = item.conditiondisplayname.string.lower()
print ('____________________________________________________________')
#return json format of the result for Ajax processing
#return jsonify(cat + '|' + title + '|' + str(price) + '|' + url + '|' + seller + '|' + listingtype + '|' + condition)
# Adding the item found in the collection
# index is the key and the item json is the value
itemsFound[index] = jsonify(cat + '|' + title + '|' + str(price) + '|' + url + '|' + seller + '|' + listingtype + '|' + condition)
# Increment the index for the next items key
index+=1
for key in itemsFound:
return itemsFound[key]
except ConnectionError as e:
return jsonify(e)
Ajax
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".button").click(function() {
var search = $(".search").val().trim();
if (search) {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: "{{url_for('ebay_page_post')}}",
data: JSON.stringify({ 'search': search }),
contentType: 'application/json;charset=UTF-8',
dataType: "json",
success:function(data) {
if (data.indexOf("|") >= 0) {
var newData = data.split("|");
var category = newData[0];
var title = newData[1];
var price = newData[2]
var url = newData[3];
var seller = newData[4];
var listingType = newData[5];
var condition = newData[6];
$("#returned").html("");
$("#returned").append(returned(category, title, price, url, seller, listingType, condition));
} else {
$("#returned").html("<label>"+data+"</label>");
}
}
});
}
});
});
function returned(category, title, price, url, seller, listingType, condition) {
return '<div class="col-lg-6"> ' +
'<div class="box">'+
'<div class="icon"><i class="ion-ios-heart-outline"></i></div>' +
'<h4 class="title">'+title+'</h4>' +
'<h5>'+category+'</h5>' +
'<small><a href="'+url+'" target="_blank">Go to site</a></small>'+
'<div class="description">' +
'Price: <strong>'+price+'</strong>' +
'<p>Seller: <strong>'+seller+'</strong></p>' +
'<p>'+listingType+'</p>' +
'<p>Condition: '+condition+'</p>' +
'</div>' +
'</div>' +
'</div>'
}