craigslist-watcher
Usage: craigslist-watcher CITY_SUBDOMAIN SENDER_EMAIL SENDER_PASS NOTIFY_EMAIL SEARCH_STRINGS...
A way to keep track of new Craigslist postings without ever having to check Craigslist manually.
This tool is a simple node.js script you can run from the terminal to keep track of new Craigslist posting based off of a list of search terms. When a new posting is found, an email is sent to a chosen recipient. This gives Craigslist buyers the advantage of finding out about good deals sooner than other buyers without having to refresh search pages constantly.
WARNING
I am not responsible for any harm occured while using this code. There may be legal consequences of using it in an improper way.
Some current limitations
I'm not entirely sure if the SENDER_EMAIL field will work with email addresses not using gmail. If someone could let me know what works or doesn't work for them that would be appreciated.
Installation
You can run:
npm install -g craigslist-watcher
or you can clone this git repo and run the install.sh script with root privileges to place the installation in /usr/local and a symlink in /usr/local/bin.
How I use it (for maximum effectivness)
craigslist-watcher is not a daemon, so you must use some kind of scheduling tool to run it every once in a while. I use cron to run craigslist-watcher every 5 minutes.
One annoying thing about cron is that it doesn't always keep your environment so you will likely have to place the following line before the command:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin;
so that the path to the craigslist-watcher binary is available to cron.
Here's an example crontab setup. First, run crontab -e and you'll add a line like this:
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/craigslist-watcher export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin; tulsa example@example.com password123 notifyaddress@example.com "ford f-150" "inspiron" "condenser microphone" "yamaha keyboard"
Bugs and Features
Please report any bugs or any requested features here:
https://github.com/thehodapp/craigslist-watcher/issues