moved everything into one module, got Plaid piece working

__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-import plaid
-
-
-plaid_client = plaid.Client(
-    client_id=os.getenv('PLAID_CLIENT_ID'), secret=os.getenv('PLAID_SECRET'), public_key=os.getenv('PLAID_PUBLIC_KEY'),
-    environment='sandbox')

get_institution_info.py

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-from __init__ import plaid_client
-
-
-def get_banks_by_name(bank_name):
-    bank = plaid_client.Institutions.search(bank_name)
-    return bank['institutions']
-
-
-def bank_can_get_transactions(bank):
-    return 'transactions' in bank['products']
-
-#too_big_to_fail = ['Bank of America', 'Wells Fargo', 'Chase', 'Citi']
-too_big_to_fail = ['Vermont Federal Credit Union', 'American Express', 'Citi']
-# I only keep my money in banks that are too big to fail.  If you can't beat 'em...
-
-bank_dict = {}
-
-for bank_name in too_big_to_fail:
-    banks = get_banks_by_name(bank_name)
-    if len(banks) > 0:
-        bank_dict[bank_name] = banks[0]['institution_id']

splurgebot.py

@@ -1 +1,41 @@
-from .get_institution_info import bank_dict
+import datetime
+import os
+import time
+
+import plaid
+
+CHECK_FOR_NEW_TRANSACTIONS_EVERY_X_MINUTES = 5
+ALERT_FOR_TRANSACTIONS_GTE = 500
+
+c = plaid.Client(client_id=os.getenv('PLAID_CLIENT_ID'), secret=os.getenv('PLAID_SECRET'),
+                            public_key=os.getenv('PLAID_PUBLIC_KEY'), environment='development')
+
+ACCESS_ID = 'access id for a specific account and user from Plaid'
+
+transaction_ids = set()
+
+
+def get_latest_transactions():
+    today = datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+    return [transaction
+            for transaction in c.Transactions.get(ACCESS_ID, '1972-01-01', today)['transactions']
+            if transaction['transaction_id'] not in transaction_ids]
+
+
+def alert(transaction):
+    print(f'hey, a transaction hit your account that exceeds ${ALERT_FOR_TRANSACTIONS_GTE}:')
+    print(f'{transaction["date"]} {transaction["name"]} ${transaction["amount"]}')
+
+
+def main():
+    while True:
+        for transaction in get_latest_transactions():
+            transaction_ids.add(transaction['transaction_id'])
+            if transaction['amount'] >= ALERT_FOR_TRANSACTIONS_GTE:
+                alert(transaction)
+
+        time.sleep(CHECK_FOR_NEW_TRANSACTIONS_EVERY_X_MINUTES * 60)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()