Use User class instead of dictionary

scrape.py

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ print('WebDriver initialised')
 
 ##### Do stuff ##############################################
 
+# User class, holds all the data we will be collecting from user pages
+# It's being used here as a more structured alternative to a dictionary
+class User:
+    url_username = ''
+    username = ''
+    track_count = ''
+    like_count = ''
+    following_count = ''
+    follower_count = ''
+
 user_dict = {}
 users_to_process = ['thomotron', 'lacheque', 'slynk']
 
@@ -45,26 +55,29 @@ for user_str in users_to_process:
     if user_str in user_dict.keys():
         continue
 
+    # Initialise our user object to store our values in
+    user = User()
+    user.url_username = user_str
+
+    # Get the user's profile page and soup it
     driver.get('https://soundcloud.com/' + user_str)
     soup = BeautifulSoup(driver.page_source, 'lxml')
 
-    # Initialise our user object to store our values in
-    user = {}
-
+    # Grab their username
     # Use stripped_strings generator as workaround for users with premium badge
     username = next(soup.find(class_='profileHeaderInfo__userName').stripped_strings)
-    user['username'] = username
-    print(username)
+    user.username = username
 
-    track_count = int(soup.find('a', href='/' + username.lower() + '/tracks', class_='infoStats__statLink').div.string)
-    user['track_count'] = track_count
-    print(track_count)
+    # Grab their track count
+    track_count = soup.find('a', href='/' + user.url_username + '/tracks', class_='infoStats__statLink').div.string
+    user.track_count = track_count
+
+    # Grab their like count
+    like_count = soup.find('a', href='/' + user.url_username + '/likes').find(class_='sidebarHeader__actualTitle').string.split(' ')[0]
+    user.like_count = like_count
 
-    like_count = int(soup.find('a', href='/' + username.lower() + '/likes').find(class_='sidebarHeader__actualTitle').string.split(' ')[0])
-    user['like_count'] = like_count
-    print(like_count)
 
     # Finally add the user to the dictionary
-    user_dict['user_str'] = user
+    user_dict[user.url_username] = user
 
 driver.quit()