search uztracker software

.startswith filter on line 22 is broken

core/uztracker_scraper.py

@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
-url = "https://uztracker.net/viewtopic.php?t=23897" # placeholder url for now
+search = input("Enter the name of the program you want to search for: ")
+url = "https://uztracker.net/tracker.php?nm=" # placeholder url for now
 response = requests.get(url) # get da content from da url
 soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser') # create bs object
 
+def scrape_uztracker():
+    search_url = url + search
+    print(search_url)
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(search_url)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
+        links = soup.find_all('a')
+        found_links = False
+        for link in links:
+            if link.has_attr('href'):
+                href = link['href']
+                post_url = f"https:{href}" if isinstance(href, str) and href.startswith("//") else href
+                if isinstance(post_url, str) and post_url.startswith("https://uztracker.net/viewtopic.php?t="): # please figure out why this .startswith filter is not working
+                    print(f"Found post link: {post_url}")
+                    found_links = True
+        if not found_links:
+            print(f"No post link found on {search_url}")
+        return soup
+    except requests.RequestException as e:
+        print(f"Failed to fetch {search_url}: {e}")
+        return None
+
 def get_post_title():
     maintitle = soup.find(class_='tt-text')
     if maintitle:
@@ -26,7 +50,10 @@ def get_magnet_link():
   # and - if x exists, THEN check the next part
   # x.startswith('magnet:') - does x start with "magnet:"?
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    soup = scrape_uztracker()
+
 if response.status_code == 200:
     get_post_title()
     get_magnet_link()
-    
+