conditional-logic Scenario 3 — Check Stock Status and Extract Price

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Intermediate ~6 min

Prerequisites: conditional-logic/1 conditional-logic/2

What You'll Learn

Branch based on the presence of a captcha

Real-World Use Case

Deciding whether to solve or skip captcha

LIVE DEMO

Stock Status and Price

Branch on the out-of-stock element to capture either the status or the price.

Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones

SOLD OUT

Bluetooth Speaker

$149.99

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Stock Results

title	status
Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones	SOLD OUT
Bluetooth Speaker	$149.99

RTILA X PROJECT JSON

RTILA X Automation Project

stock-status-and-price.json

{
  "name": "Stock_Status_And_Price",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/conditional-logic/3"
    ]
  },
  "datasets": {
    "stock_results": {
      "item_selector": "css=.product-detail",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "title",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.product-title"
        },
        {
          "name": "status",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.product-detail > div:not([style*=\"display:none\"]) span"
        },
        {
          "name": "sold_out_in_page",
          "selector": "variable=sold_out_in_page"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "if",
      "params": {
        "condition": {
          "type": "element_visible",
          "selector": "css=.out-of-stock"
        },
        "then": [
          {
            "command": "set_variable",
            "params": {
              "name": "sold_out_in_page",
              "value": "Yes"
            }
          }
        ],
        "else": []
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "stock_results"
      }
    }
  ]
}

The set_variable and get_text commands allow conditional values to be captured. Here, if an out-of-stock element exists, the status is set to SOLD OUT; otherwise the price is read into the same variable.

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