Show WF: Craig v0.0.1, a Ruby Craiglist listings scraper your mother could use.

Mahzkrieg

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The Github readme has a simple introduction: https://github.com/danneu/craig

Installation:

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Usage:

Craig's API just follows what you see on the Craiglist website, but spaces and punctuation are just converted to underscores.

The same goes for cities: Craigslist > Cities

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Let's see the apartments with rent in my budget ($450-800):

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Output:

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Right now it just scrapes the last 100 listings.

Soon I'd like to expose a Search API.

It was just a fun, educational project. :)