Thanks for the script. I haven't been on ebay for a while.
Wasn't aware of the Favorite searches. Favorite Search is
probably the way to go. Thanks for the info.
Lance
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:57:54 -0800, Kamilche wrote:
> This script works. But why not make a 'Favorite Search' in ebay, and
> have it send you daily email for a year?
>
> --Kamilche
>
> |import urllib
> |import smtplib
> |
> |def main():
> | # Perform the search
> | results = SearchEbay(['So long and thanks for all the fish',
> | 'NOMATCHFOUND',
> | 'Python Programming'])
> |
> | # Email the results
> | Email('[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
> | '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
> | 'eBay Search Results',
> | results)
> |
> |def SearchEbay(searchstrings):
> | ' Search eBay for the desired items'
> | searchURL = "http://search.ebay.com/%s";
> | results = ""
> | s = "eBay Search Results:\n"
> | print s,
> | results += s
> | for i in range(len(searchstrings)):
> |
> | # Build the search URL
> | search = searchstrings[i].replace(' ', '-')
> | s = searchURL % search + " : "
> | print s,
> | results += s
> |
> | # Download the URL
> | url = urllib.urlopen(searchURL % search)
> | data = url.read()
> | url.close()
> |
> | # Write the URL to a file for debugging
> | fd = open('ebay %d.html' % i, 'w')
> | fd.write(data)
> | fd.close()
> |
> | # Search for the number of items found
> | c = data.find('items found for')
> | if c >= 0:
> | start = data.rfind('<b>', 0, c) + 3
> | stop = data.find('</b>', start + 1)
> | cnt = data[start:stop]
> | else:
> | cnt = '0'
> | s = "%s items found.\n" % cnt
> | print s,
> | results += s
> |
> | return results
> |
> |def Email(fromaddr, toaddr, subject, msg):
> | ' Send email'
> | msg = ("From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\nSubject: %s\r\n\r\n%s" % \
> | (fromaddr, toaddr, subject, msg))
> | server = smtplib.SMTP('your.smtp.server.here')
> | server.set_debuglevel(1)
> | server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddr, msg)
> | server.quit()
> |
> |main()
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