initial commit

test_slice.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Save as test_slice.py
+import time, os, re
+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
+from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
+
+BASE_URL = "https://www.gardenate.com"
+ZONE_PARAM = "USA+-+Zone+8b"
+MARKER = '<div class="plant-list">'
+
+def make_driver():
+    options = Options()
+    options.add_argument("--headless")
+    options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
+    options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
+    options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
+    options.add_argument("--window-size=1920,1080")
+    for p in ["/usr/bin/chromedriver","/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver","/usr/lib/chromium/chromedriver"]:
+        if os.path.exists(p):
+            return webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(p), options=options)
+    return webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
+
+driver = make_driver()
+
+for month_num in [1, 4, 7]:
+    url = f"{BASE_URL}/?zone={ZONE_PARAM}&m={month_num}"
+    print(f"\n=== Month {month_num} ===")
+    driver.get(url)
+    time.sleep(4)
+    html = driver.page_source
+
+    # Count plant-list occurrences
+    count = html.count(MARKER)
+    print(f"  plant-list divs found: {count}")
+
+    # Slice to first only
+    first = html.find(MARKER)
+    second = html.find(MARKER, first + len(MARKER))
+    if second != -1:
+        chunk = html[first:second]
+    else:
+        chunk = html[first:]
+
+    # Count plant links in slice
+    links = re.findall(r'href="/plant/([^/"]+)"', chunk)
+    # Deduplicate (thumbnail + name link = 2 per plant)
+    unique = list(dict.fromkeys(links))
+    print(f"  Plant links in first section: {unique}")
+
+driver.quit()