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I think craigslist just needs a decent API. That way you'll get all the listings in one central location, and still get decent search possibilities.
by windsurfer 17y ago
I think craigslist just needs a decent API. That way you'll get all the listings in one central location, and still get decent search possibilities.
- mediaman 17y agoAny idea why Craigslist is so vehemently opposed to either providing an API, or allowing others to scrape their site for data? It doesn't seem to align with many of their other principles of openness.
- yardie 17y agoIt goes against what their intentions are. As Jeff Atwell found out http://www.codinghorror.com/craigslist/ http://www.codinghorror.com/craigslist/ If they released an API that allowed searches in multiple cities than it becomes less craigslist and more ebay. Where buyers are looking for deals all over the place instead of the deals in their town.
- jjs 17y agoIt appears that they've disabled RSS feeds for custom searches (pretty much any search that sets url query keywords), but they used to accidentally have a pretty sweet REST api.