craigslist

Which language is Craigslist written in?

I know, I know - it probably doesn't (and shouldn't) matter - I've read this comment. But as a newbie just learning Python, I'm quite intrigued. The source seems to reference Javascript a few times - would the whole site be in this? Any idea about the rest of the technology stack behind the site? Looking at the technology behind some ...

CraigsList Auto-posting

I have searched high and low and have not been able to find a definite answer to this question. Does anyone know how developers auto-post to CraigsList using PHP (or CodeIgniter)? ...

Problem with MySQL storage of a Craigslist parse

I'm using MagpieRSS to parse a Craigslist feed. The "title" field is: ***BUYING ALL BRAND NEW BLACKBERRY IN ANY QUANTITY BOLD~JAVELLIN~ONYX (Gramercy) $100000 and I'm using if( preg_match( "/\(*\)*\d+$/", $title, $matches ) ) to figure out the price. $matches[0] should have the price, if I'm not mistaken. However, when I put ...

Why is this warning being shown: "Received problem 2 in the chunky parser"?

Hi, I am trying to use PHP and cURL to log in to a website (namely Craigslist). When accessing the script, I get this warning message: Received problem 2 in the chunky parser Searches showed that it is not a problem associated with cURL. I am unable to find the source of the problem. What may be the reason? Thank you. ...

How to log in to Craigslist using C#

I'm using the following code to log into Craigslist, but haven't succeeded yet. string formParams = string.Format("inputEmailHandle={0}&inputPassword={1}", "[email protected]", "removed"); //string postData = "[email protected]&inputPassword=removed"; string uri = "https://accounts.craigslist.org/"; HttpWebRequest req...

Javascript cross-domain web request fails with Status=0?

EDIT: It's been pointed out below that this doesn't work because craigslist doesn't set an Allow-Cross-Domain header. OK, I'll buy that. Is there any other way to use javascript in firefox to download a page cross-domain then? Yes, I know the following code does not work in IE. I know IE expects me to use XDomainRequest() instead. I d...

Storing HTML formatted text in database

I am building a web site similar to Craigslist. I would like to know how to store the html formatted text (bold / italics / font size etc) in a sql 2008 database? In order words, the user would enter their text, format it with font size, bold etc and save the information. Whats the most efficient way to store that in a database? ...

Is [manipulating Craigslist postings with PHP] possible?

Hey everyone, I have a quick question. I want to build a web app for myself that will allow me to post stuff to Craigslist and retrieve postings from Craigslists. I am not doing this to spam Craigslist, I am just doing it to learn. My question is: Is this possible? If so, will knowing PHP be enough? Or will I also need to know how to use...

Please, reccomend a CMS to build a craigslist style site with?

I've been trying to build a site similar in function to craigslist in Drupal. The idea, is to make a geo-aware platform centered around bartering, instead of general classifieds or sales. I love Drupal, but I'm struggling to get location/googlemaps integration to play with the listings and ended up using too many custom snippets I got f...

Craigslist, CURL, Simple PHP DOM Issues

I am logging into Craigslist with CURL to scrape the status of my posted listings. The problem I encounter is the transfer of HTML from CURL $output to file_get_html. While Craigslist statuses are actually nested inside TR elements, I just wanted to test the most basic functions to see if things were getting passed through (i.e. link s...

Craigslist Automated Posting API ?

i was looking through craigslist bulk posting section and it requires an rss feed to be sent to a server to automatically post an add the site is found at http://www.craigslist.org/about/bulk_posting_interface i have looked up and down for a sample of a php class but cannot find out. anyone know of any class that exists? thanks ...

NSURLRequest, why does craigslist return a 404?

Hi there, I'm building my first iPhone app and I'm stymied. I'm trying to build an RSS reader, and I'm trying to use a feed from craigslist. This code, using stackoverflow, returns "Status code: 200": - (void)parseRSSFeed:(NSString *)feed withDelegate:(id)delegate { responseData = [[NSMutableData data] retain]; feed = @"http://stacko...