@fabio/amazon-alert
Amazon price drop alert app!
Motivation
I have tried two price tracking services in the past but they are just too slow and have not tracked the products in my wish list. As a consequence, I ended up missing deals.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. This app will make daily, hourly and even half-hourly checks to see if the price has dropped. Do you want to check every 15 minutes or less? Ask for it here.
When a price of a product at Amazon has dropped to your price or under, this app will play an audio alert and a Chrome window will open at Amazon.com with the product page for you to make the purchase. Just leave the app running and rest assured, you won't miss the next deal.
Tested on MacOS Terminals (it runs via command-line). Not tested on Windows yet.
Run as stand-alone executable
Download the binary in the dist folder and execute. (under development)
Run in Node
Follow the 3 steps below:
1. Installing Node
This app runs on Node. To install Node, go to https://nodejs.org/en download and install version LTS.
Make sure Node is installed by running it on Terminal:
node --version
2. Setup
Then install this app by running:
npm install --global @fab1o/amazon-alert
If you get an error, try running it with Admin rights:
sudo npm install --global @fab1o/amazon-alert
Type your computer login password to allow the app to be installed.
3. Running the App
Type on Terminal:
amazon-alert
Installing Chrome
Chrome is a soft requirement. It will work without it but it's better to have it.
Complete Usage Guide
amazon-alert [-u product_url] [-f frequency] [-p price] [--mute]
Those are all optional parameters.
Where:
- -u, --url Product url, i.e: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0812JPZFT
- -f, --frequency Frequency to run price checker, options are: Daily, Hourly, Half-Hourly
- -p, --price Price you want to be alerted
- -m, --mute No audio alert
Examples
Running the app
amazon-alert
The app will ask you to select a product from a list.
Running the app with a product url
Go to Amazon.com to copy and paste the url.
amazon-alert --url https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0812JPZFT
Running the app daily
amazon-alert --url https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0812JPZFT --frequency Daily
Help
amazon-alert --help
or ask a question here.