Add price scraper and GitHub Actions workflow

Co-authored-by: willtheorangeguy <18339050+willtheorangeguy@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.github/workflows/update-prices.yml

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+name: Update PC Part Prices
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Run daily at 2 AM UTC (adjust as needed)
+    - cron: '0 2 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  update-prices:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          cache: 'pip'
+      
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+      
+      - name: Run price scraper
+        run: |
+          python scraper.py
+      
+      - name: Check for changes
+        id: git-check
+        run: |
+          git diff --exit-code || echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        if: steps.git-check.outputs.changes == 'true'
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "chore: update PC part prices [automated]"
+          git push
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.gitignore

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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Testing
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+
+# Logs
+*.log

README.md

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 - Available as PCPartPicker lists, Markdown files, or on a website.
 - Markdown files and website show the original printed price.
 - Current prices are available in United States Dollar or Canadian Dollar.
+- **Automated daily price updates** - Prices are scraped from retailers (Newegg, Amazon, Best Buy) and updated automatically via GitHub Actions.
 - Cross platform.
 
 ## Download
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 | October 2021     | AMD Turbo          | [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com/user/willtheornageguy/saved/VBjMFT) | [Markdown](/2021/October/AMD%20Turbo.md)        | [Web](https://willtheorangeguy.github.io/Maximum-PC-Builds-Archive/2021/october/)   |
 | October 2021     | Intel Turbo        | [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com/user/willtheornageguy/saved/F4s7wP) | [Markdown](/2021/October/Intel%20Turbo.md)      | [Web](https://willtheorangeguy.github.io/Maximum-PC-Builds-Archive/2021/october/)   |
 
+## Automated Price Updates
+
+This repository includes an automated price scraper that runs daily to keep component prices up-to-date. The scraper:
+
+- Runs automatically every day at 2 AM UTC via GitHub Actions
+- Scrapes current prices from PCPartPicker (which aggregates prices from retailers like Newegg, Amazon, and Best Buy)
+- Updates the markdown files with the latest pricing information
+- Can be manually triggered using the "Update PC Part Prices" workflow in the Actions tab
+
+The price scraper is implemented in Python and uses BeautifulSoup to parse PCPartPicker's build lists. If you want to run it manually:
+
+```bash
+# Install dependencies
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Run the scraper
+python scraper.py
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Please contribute using [GitHub Flow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow). Create a branch, add commits, and [open a pull request](https://github.com/willtheorangeguy/PyWorkout/compare).

requirements.txt

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+beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
+requests==2.32.3
+lxml==5.3.0