Craigslist Monitor

A script to watch Craigslist for relevant posts so you don't have to.

Synopsis

Watching craigslist can be a time-consuming task. This script automates searching for housing, sales, services, jobs, and gigs on craigslist, and emails you when it finds something that matches your search criteria. It also works across multiple cities, since it's controlled by the RSS feeds you configure it with.

Installation

First, you'll need Ruby Version Manager (RVM) installed. Next:

$ git clone git@github.com:danndalf/clmonitor
$ cd clmonitor
   ... and accept the .rvmrc
	 ... and install Ruby 1.9 if you need (RVM will tell you the command)
$ gem install bundler
$ bundle install

Configuration

Edit the monitor.yml file to your liking. It should look something like this:

---
feeds:
  - http://sfbay.craigslist.org/wri/index.rss
  - http://portland.craigslist.org/wri/index.rss
  - http://seattle.craigslist.org/wri/index.rss
include: local, network, computer, technical
exclude: freelance, internship, supplement, contract
email_to: danne@stayskal.com
email_from:
  address: smtp.gmail.com
  port: 587
  user_name: 'a_gmail_address_to_send_from'
  password: 'the_password_of_that_address'

Running

$ clockwork monitor.rb

That's it. If you want to log the output,

  $ clockwork monitor.rb > monitor.log

Press Control-C to exit.

License

This script is available under The MIT License.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to rthe following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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