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Show HN: Craigslist Notifications (Chrome Extension)

9 points by alexu 15y ago

Here is my last weekend project that turned into useful extension. Basic version (Chrome Extension) will always be free and I will try to make money charging for SMS notifications.

jzawodn 15y ago
Cool. Want a job at craigslist? (I work on search there.)
- alexu 15y ago
  It would be awesome, but I live in Seattle and don't want to move :(
  - jzawodn 15y ago
    Understood. It can't hurt to ask.
  - deleted 15y ago
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- johnvey 15y ago
  Is craigslist officially okay with this kind of app? Prior attempts to automate, with varying degrees of aggregation/automation, have been shut down (see: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist?currentPage=all http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_...). The "SMS coming soon for $3.99" seems like it would not fly.
  - jzawodn 15y ago
    I am not a lawyer but I know where the TOS lives: http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use
  - alexu 15y ago
    From what I understand, Craigslist is cool with client-side automation (look at numerous Android and iPhone apps that query Craigslist).
    - hansef 15y ago
      I'm also working on a Chrome and Firefox extension which uses Craigslist as a data source, and this is my understanding as well I think that rich client-side js apps packaged as browser extensions offer some interesting opportunities in general - being able to behave more like a normal client, instead of a giant aggregation host, allowing you to avoid angering services like Craigslist, being able to ask the user for permissions for increased localstorage limits (the default in most browsers is a measly 5mb) and the ability to do cross-domain ajax requests, etc.
encoderer 15y ago
If this thing does anything to de-dupe, it would be a must-have, would-pay-for-it app. Trying to use Craigslist to find a new apartment means sifting through the same listings, posted day after day after day. They lower the signal/noise ratio a great deal.
- alexu 15y ago
  Interesting idea. Are these posts are exactly the same or do they have different title/message?
veguss 15y ago
You should charge money for the more advanced features (eg: auto email)

9 points by alexu 15y ago

Here is my last weekend project that turned into useful extension. Basic version (Chrome Extension) will always be free and I will try to make money charging for SMS notifications.

jzawodn 15y ago

Cool. Want a job at craigslist? (I work on search there.)

alexu 15y ago
It would be awesome, but I live in Seattle and don't want to move :(
- jzawodn 15y ago
  Understood. It can't hurt to ask.
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]
johnvey 15y ago
Is craigslist officially okay with this kind of app? Prior attempts to automate, with varying degrees of aggregation/automation, have been shut down (see: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist?currentPage=all http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_...). The "SMS coming soon for $3.99" seems like it would not fly.
- jzawodn 15y ago
  I am not a lawyer but I know where the TOS lives: http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use
- alexu 15y ago
  From what I understand, Craigslist is cool with client-side automation (look at numerous Android and iPhone apps that query Craigslist).
  - hansef 15y ago
    I'm also working on a Chrome and Firefox extension which uses Craigslist as a data source, and this is my understanding as well I think that rich client-side js apps packaged as browser extensions offer some interesting opportunities in general - being able to behave more like a normal client, instead of a giant aggregation host, allowing you to avoid angering services like Craigslist, being able to ask the user for permissions for increased localstorage limits (the default in most browsers is a measly 5mb) and the ability to do cross-domain ajax requests, etc.

encoderer 15y ago

If this thing does anything to de-dupe, it would be a must-have, would-pay-for-it app. Trying to use Craigslist to find a new apartment means sifting through the same listings, posted day after day after day. They lower the signal/noise ratio a great deal.

alexu 15y ago
Interesting idea. Are these posts are exactly the same or do they have different title/message?

veguss 15y ago

You should charge money for the more advanced features (eg: auto email)