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Be notified when a new house matching your criteria is posted to Craigslist
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house_hunting.rb
require 'snoop'
MAX_RENT = 1900
BEDROOMS = 2
CITY = 'portland'
CATS = true
DOGS = true
def url
url = [
"http://#{CITY}.craigslist.org/search",
"/apa?zoomToPosting=&query=&srchType=A",
"&maxAsk=#{MAX_RENT}",
"&bedrooms=#{BEDROOMS}"
].join
url += "&addTwo=purrr" if CATS
url += "&addThree=wooof" if DOGS
end
snoop = Snoop::HttpNotifier.new url: url
snoop.notify while: -> { true }, delay: 5 do |content|
`terminal-notifier -message "New listing!"`
end
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