Vons ForU Coupon Clipper

Overview

This script logs into your Vons account via email and password and clips every Just 4 U coupon. It is intended to run as a Cron job that runs regularly but can be ran manually.

⚠️ Important

The Vons coupon website recently added ReCaptcha v2 to deter botters. This script relies on 2Captcha, an image analysis service, to provide a Captcha solution on every script run. It is about $3 for 1000 Captcha solutions. It is just $3 one-time, NOT per month, so this would last a normal person running it a few times per week several years without having to pay any money. A fair trade for those who are lazy.

Requirements Before You Begin

You will need:

A computer.
NodeJS version >18. Use the node --version to check your version.
A 2Captcha account with a balance of around $3.
Chrome or Chromium installed.

Nice to haves:

A computer that is a cheap low cost server such as a Raspberry Pi or a cheap VPC.
A computer with crontab.
A Yahoo email account to alert you on the status on the script.

Usage

Once you clone the repo to your computer or server of your choice, navigate to the root project directory.
Open the command line and run npm install to install the project's dependencies.
Create a file named config.json and copy the following Json code into it. Fill in the fields with < >'s with your information. Fields marked with a * symbol are required!

{
  "_2CaptchaApiKey": "<*YOUR 2CAPTCHA API KEY*>",
  "accounts": [
    {
      "name": "<A NAME FOR THE ACCOUNT. CAN BE ANYTHING.>",
      "loginData": {
        "email": "<*YOUR VONS LOGIN EMAIL GOES HERE*>",
        "password": "<*YOUR VONS LOGIN PASSWORD GOES HERE* >"
      },
      "storeId": "<*FIND YOUR STORE ID. Mine is 2090. Can be Googled.*>",
      "emailRecipient": "<EMAIL TO RECEIVE STATUS UPDATES>"
    }
  ],
  "emailLoginData": {
    "email": "<EMAIL TO SEND STATUS UPDATES FROM>",
    "password": "<PASSWORD TO EMAIL ABOVE>",
    "host": "<EMAIL SERVICE HOST. Yahoo is smtp.mail.yahoo.com>",
    "port": <EMAIL SERVICE PORT. Yahoo is 587>,
    "secure": <Depends on Service. Yahoo is false>
  }
}

Email notifications are for sending whether the script ran successfully to your personal email.

Note for Notifications: Most email providers, such as Gmail, do not support email and password login due to security. One method I've found is using a Yahoo email account with a generated password found in settings.

Run mkdir log to create a folder to logging.
Run npm run start to start the script.
Use crontabguru to help you write a crontab for this script. The rest is outside of the scope of the tutorial.

Troubleshooting

Make sure the Puppeteer version matches your installed Chromium/Chrome version. See here for matching versions
Make sure the Chrome execution path when initializing Puppeteer is correct. By default it uses Chromium's default linux installation path.

Plans

Docker version to ease the complication.

MataMercer / ezforu2