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It looks useful but it doesn't seem to be compatible with my phone. Is there a mobile app? Can you share with us how you implemented this?
by matthiasb 14y ago
It looks useful but it doesn't seem to be compatible with my phone. Is there a mobile app? Can you share with us how you implemented this?
- dangrossman 14y agoI'm not the OP, but... > Can you share with us how you implemented this? 1) Perform Criagslist search 2) Use his provided bookmarklet which sends the current URL to his site -- writing that bookmarklet is just a JavaScript one-liner, probably 3) Every CL search page has a link to an RSS feed, so pull that feed URL out of the search page the bookmarklet sent in 4) Have a cron job periodically fetch the feed and use MagpieRSS, which he linked to, to parse it and get a list of search results 5) Compare the results to what you saw last time the feed was fetched, and if there are new ones, use MailJet to send an alert e-mail to the user. Include LaunchBit's snippet to show ads and earn some money from these mails
- livestyle 14y agoBingo Dan! btw.. checking out http://www.improvely.com http://www.improvely.com now :)
- livestyle 14y agoHey Matthias, This is just a proof of concept.. so it's web app only right now :( .... There are a ton of great IOS apps available on the market.
- hayksaakian 14y agoI'm genuinely curious why someone might want a dedicated mobile app for this service.
- livestyle 14y agoLot's of peeps use the IOS/Android apps and get notifications on their phones instead of emails.
- matthiasb 14y agoI like both ideas of email and notification. I was asking if there is a mobile app for that because I am travelling with my phone and without my laptop.
- hayksaakian 14y agoBut don't all smartphones have email notifications?