eBay autosearch script

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Re: eBay autosearch script by tlm (Prior) on Apr 24, 2005 at 17:42 UTC
FYI, in case you didn't know, ebay has a pretty unequivocal anti-robot clause in its TOS: Access and Interference. The Site contains robot exclusion headers. ... You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not ... bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site. I don't know how agressive ebay is at detecting robots, though I'd imagine that if they catch you at the very least you'd lose your account. Maybe some other monk will post some first-hand knowledge of these questions. the lowliest monk	[reply]
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Re: eBay autosearch script by saintmike (Vicar) on Apr 24, 2005 at 17:24 UTC
WWW::Search::Ebay provides a nice abstraction layer on top of a screen scraper. Ebay provides an official API for programmatically accessing their service, if you pay for it.	[reply]
Re: eBay autosearch script by castaway (Parson) on Apr 24, 2005 at 15:51 UTC
"yes". WWW::Mechanize would be a good place to start. Have you tried anything? (There are already programs that do this, did you want to write one, or just find one?) C.	[reply]
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Re: eBay autosearch script by Ninthwave (Chaplain) on Apr 24, 2005 at 15:49 UTC
yes "No matter where you go, there you are." BB	[reply]