# https://www.post.ch/de/geschaeftlich/themen-a-z/praktisches-empfaengerkunden/empfaengerservices-briefe/sendungen-verfolgen-url

# created with the guide lines defined by Post

import requests

from lxml import html

import sys

def parcel_code ():

#get pacel tracking number from database

parcel_NR = '99.60.038478.0000.1341' # function not created as of this point

return (parcel_NR)

def open_link (parcel_NR):

link = 'https://www.post.ch/swisspost-tracking?formattedParcelCodes='

link = link + str(parcel_NR) + str('&&p_language=de')

try:

r = requests.get(link)

mailing_status = html.fromstring('<table class="events_view fullview_tabledata" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">')

mailing_out = mailing_status.xpath('//div[@class="events_view fullview_tabledata"]/text()')[0]

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:

print(e)

#def writeHTMLWrapper (html):

if __name__ == '__main__':

parcel_NR = parcel_code()

open_link(parcel_NR)