njm2112/amazonsearch

Command line utility to search content on Amazon

Goal

Create a command line application called amazon.py. The application accepts a couple of flags and an user query, and then prints out the first page of amazon store results based on the user supplied information.

Example

./amazon.py --sort rating --desc office chairs

Flash Furniture Mid-Back Black Mesh Computer Chair
Price: $59.88
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (242 reviews)
Url: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Furniture-Mid-Back-Black-Computer

Boss Black LeatherPlus Executive Chair
Price: $159.99
Rating: ★★★★☆ (502 reviews)
Url: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Furniture-Mid-Back-Black-Computer

... and so on ...

Requirements

1. The program must scrape the HTML of the following page: (Not using an Amazon API) Example HTTP request would typically like : http://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=query
2. The program can use any python library(s).
3. The program must allow the user to specify a search query.
4. The program must accept the options --sort {rating, price, name} and --{asc, desc} at a minimum.
5. Support additional flags such as --prime (only select items which have amazon prime benefits)
6. The program should return no more than 10 results. Check if we can allow --limit {number of results}.