gummiebot: Gumtree Australia automation software

Get your ads, post new ads, and delete them automatically.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/mariuszskon/gummiebot
cd gummiebot
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Command line usage

usage: gummiebot COMMAND DIRECTORY...
       Automation script for Gumtree Australia
       Execute COMMAND on one or more DIRECTORY sequentially

COMMANDS
    post        Uploads ad
    delete      Deletes ad by name
    refresh     Finds and deletes ad, and then posts it,
                failing if ad did not exist previously
    repost      Finds and deletes ad, if it exists,
                and then posts ad

More than one directory can be provided. These will be processed one-by-one in order, but will only require logging in once.

Your directory must have a meta.gummie.json file describing the ad.

meta.gummie.json

Example

{
    "title": "HDMI cables",
    "price": {
        "amount": 4,
        "type": "FIXED"
    },
    "condition": "new",
    "description_file": "desc",
    "category": "TV Accessories",
    "images": [
        "img01.jpg",
        "img02.jpg"
    ]
}

Required properties

title

The name of the ad, as a string.

description_file

A string which provides the filename of a pure text file relative to the directory of meta.gummie.json. This is used as the description on the Gumtree ad.

price

An object containing the properties amount and type.

amount

The asking price, in Australian dollars, provided via a type which can be converted to a float (decimal) easily. Must be greater than zero.

type

A string, one of FIXED, NEGOTIABLE, GIVE_AWAY or SWAP_TRADE, corresponding to the type of price on Gumtree.

category

A string which exactly matches one of the final categories on Gumtree. That is, this is a category which you can post under, not a broad category.

Yes: Fiction Books

No: Books

images

An array of strings, each providing the filename of an image relative to the directory of meta.gummie.json. Each image is uploaded to support the ad, in the order provided.

Optional properties

condition

A string, one of used or new. Defaults to used.

API usage

Undocumented functions/methods/classes are intended for internal use only.

gummie_json_parse(directory: str) -> GumtreeListing

Changes to directory directory and reads the meta.gummie.json file inside. Returns an instance of GumtreeListing which contains validated data that can be used later with GummieBot.

GummieBot(username, password)

Big class for interacting with Gumtree Australia, but not without logging in first.

.category_map

A dict of "leaf" categories (ones which ads can be submitted to), with mappings to their corresponding IDs. This is lazy loaded from the website.

.ads

Returns a dict of the logged in user's ads, with a mapping from the title to the ad's ID. This is lazy loaded from the website.

.category_name_to_id(category_name)

Provides a higher-level interface to reading a value using a key from category_map by logging if the key could not be found, and suggesting similar keys.

.delete_ad_by_name(name) -> bool

Delete an ad by its name/title. Returns boolean indicating success or failure.

.delete_ad_by_id(id) -> bool

Delete an ad by its ID. The ad ID can be acquired by first reading .ads. Returns boolean indicating success or failure. You might want to use .detele_ad_by_name(name) instead.

.post_ad(ad: GumtreeListing) -> bool

Posts an instance of GumtreeListing to Gumtree. Returns boolean indicating success or failure.