Trying to Get Something From Craigslist?

If you are, I've put together a script to do a lot of work for you.

I've got a script, with a config file, that can be used on a "cron" (scheduled task for Windows users) basis. You just edit your config file with some basic options on how to send you an email when there is a new item, as well as what your actual searches are, and run the script. The first run will just create a small database of things it finds. After that, when it is run, it will check for anything new and if it finds something, it will email you a summary. If you are looking for a hot item, this can take all the work out of the "sit and refresh the page" tedium. Instead, just get notified when a new item is available! The only requirements for this is that you must install Python (available at http://python.org/download/) and have the sqlite3 module, which is part of the standard library on most platforms.

This has been tested to work on both Linux and Windows, though if you are on Windows I would recommend using the "-c \path\to\clwatch.cfg" option in your scheduled task. There is much more information about this, including how to edit your config file, and a download link at: http://stuffivelearned.org/doku.php?id=programming:python:clcheck

Happy Craigslisting!