apartment-finder

Dependencies

• python-craigslist
• requests
• python >= 3.5.0 The above dependencies can be installed by running pip3 install -r requirements.txt in the cloned repo directory.

Usage

You can simply run the script by typing python3 apartment_finder.py inside the cloned repo. The present Procfile can be used for deployment on an external server(e.g. you can run it on Heroku using heroku run apartment_finder.py).
The exisiting config.json file can (and should) be modified to match your preferences.

• city, craigslist_site, craigslist_area: please refer to Craigslist for your city codes
• bounding_boxes: a dictonary mapping neighborhood names to their bounding boxes coordinates, please refer to the sample config.json for the correct structure.
• from_email, password: your email credentials
• to_email: a list of destination emails
• run_interval: how often the script should be run in minutes (default is 20)