Craigslist searching?

mma8x · 12-02-2008, 12:47 PM

i'd like to have a program/plugin that can search craigslist for keywords, and then 1) keep a list of matching ads, and 2) update/notify you when a new item matching the search criteria is listed. from my reading it appears that cl doesn't like bots/external sites, but i don't know if some kind of rss feed or standalone app would be the same thing.

BrianK · 12-02-2008, 02:32 PM

http://www.crazedlist.org/

download the opml file rather than trying to search, then use your favorite RSS reader to get updates. I use google's RSS reader. http://www.google.com/reader/view/ Works like a charm.

Previously, I had written a script that went through all of the craigs lists & performed a search, then collated the results, but this is much more clean.

mma8x · 12-02-2008, 02:48 PM

perfect! just what i was looking for, thanks!

mma8x · 12-03-2008, 07:10 AM

of course, the easiest thing of all is just to tag the rss feed directly from craigslist. do a search and it appears at the bottom of the page. when did that get there?