Kijiji Scheduled Reposter

Kijiji Scheduled Reposter

Setup

The project requires python3 with: python-requests, bs4, pyyaml, schedule To install all dependencies, run:

pip install -r requirements.txt or pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Using the script

• Create a folder ad# i.e. ad1, ad2
• Place all the photos in the folder
• Create a yml file for the ad in the same name as the folder (either using the CLI the instruction in next section or editing exiting yml file)
• Create a schedule python file. (Look at an example at schedule1.py)
  • Start the file with import statement from adScheduler import *
  • create a adSchedule class under any variable name with the following parameters
    • ad_id: this must match folder name of the ad yml file and ad yml filename
    • repeat: interval in minutes at which the ad is reposted
    • delay: number of minutes delayed before the ad is started
  • i.e. for ad66 repeated every 30 minutes that will start after 30 minutes: ad1 = adSchedule(ad_id=66, repeat=30, delay=30)
  • to initiate a schedule, run the start function for each ad. i.e. ad1.start()
  • end the file with while True: schedule.run_pending()
• to run the script, simply run python **nameOfTheFile**

Creating, Posting and Reposting an ad using the CLI

Create an yml file for an ad using kijiji_repost_headless :

python kijiji_repost_headless build_ad

Post one ad (item.yml):

python kijiji_repost_headless [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] post myproduct/item.yml

Repost one ad (item.yml); will delete the ad prior to posting if it already exists:

python kijiji_repost_headless [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] repost myproduct/item.yml

Show all active ads:

python kijiji_repost_headless [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] show

Delete all ads:

python kijiji_repost_headless [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] nuke

Delete one ad (using ad id):

python kijiji_repost_headless [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] delete myAdId