Script to scrape craigslist for housing classifieds in the sfbay area and send email alerts.
You should really use https://ifttt.com/, this script exists only because when I was looking for a place in SF ifttt stopped working for a couple of days and I needed an alternative.
You must configure this
$ grep -n CONFIG . -R
./craigslist.pl:22: username => 'SENDER@EMAIL_CONFIG',
./craigslist.pl:23: password => 'PASSWORD_CONFIG',
./craigslist.pl:24: host => 'HOST_CONFIG',
./craigslist.pl:25: port => PORT_CONFIG,
./craigslist.pl:26: halo => 'HALO_CONFIG'
./craigslist.pl:90: From => 'FROM@EMAIL_CONFIG',
./craigslist.pl:91: To => 'TO@EMAIL_CONFIG',
and this
$ grep -n PATH . -R
./craigslist.pl:30: "dbi:SQLite:dbname=/PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/DOWNLOADED/THE/SCRIPT/sqlite.db",
./Makefile:17: (crontab -l ; echo "52 * * * * /PATH/TO/WHERE/YOU/DOWNLOADED/THE/SCRIPT/craigslist.pl") | crontab -
and have a look at the script itself and Makefile before using it.