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HarvEX / Turbo-Sniper :: Macro ProcessorThis page presents the HarvEX Auction Macro Processor Tutorial, the Macro API Description & the Macro Example Collection. Why macros? Macro Skripts enable free & easy automation all around eBay !
Combined automation runs of any type, custom data interfaces, new basic functions,
adding new function to the HarvEX menu. Even complex permanent executing
background task are possible ! The Macro API is new in v2.05 and extended in the futures. Thus, you check back to this page from time to time. Contents of this Page:
A Custom programming service is offered here : Feel also free to feedback@xellsoft.com.
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Getting Started:
- Run HarvEX. Go to the HarvEX Macro Processor page
- In the macro list double-click the preloaded hello_world macro -> The macro script appears in the script edit window.
- Click Execute or use [Ctrl-Return] or [F5] from inside the script text body -> The Script runs, a text appears in the Output window and a MessageBox is coming up.
First macro : "Touching the Bid Manager", Storing & Loading the macro ::
- Hit the New Button for a fresh macro script. Type the following lines to the script editor or copy & paste : mark the stuff > Ctrl-C (=copy) > place cursor to script editor > Ctrl-V (=paste)
b = bm.GetItem(1234567890) # should be a valid auction ID in bid manager print b.mybid
- Hit Execute Button -> you've extracted a mybid value from this auction !
- Save this fresh macro to the intern macro list by pressing Save As -> you are asked to enter a macro name; e.g.: my_first_macro
- Store this macro to a disk file : Mouse-right-click on the macro inside the list and select Save to File from the popup context menu.
- Loading a macro from disk file : Mouse-right-click somewhere in the macro list and select Load a Macro from File
Free Logic Bidding:
- A free logical sniping condition is the most simply type of (special) macro: A logical bidding condition as one-liner function in the Bid Edit Dialog: If it computes a zero value, the bid sniping is not executed. ( This type of "Macro" is not used from HarvEX Macro Processor Page )
- Create a new bid sniping in the bid manager
- Test with dummy conditions: In the bid Condition field in the Bid Edit Dialog enter a "0"; press the "!" button -> sniper bid would not be executed; enter a "1" (or "---"); press the "!" button -> sniper bid would always be executed.
- Enter a real world condition in the Condition field by selecting a template from the drop-down list. e.g. "BMItem(123456789).won() -> the sniper bid on current auction is only exectued when this other item #123456789 is already won : maybe you want to win a stereo amplifier only when the fitting stereo receiver is already won.
Please Consider: For executing certain critical functions in the examples below, you are requested (by error message) to set the sandbox restrictions to a lower level. This "sandbox" level system is useful for protecting yourself from unintentionally executing critical actions.
"High Restrictions" Policy No direct I/O, no critical manipulation in the HarvEX application. E.g.: changing sniper bid values not allowed "Medium Restrictions" Policy Enables non-critical I/O and advanced internal manipulations. E.g.: manipulating bids, preparing emails in MS Outlooks draft folder, limited Internet access (ScanItem, ...), reading disk files, ... "Low Restrictions" Policy Enables critical I/O : directly sending out email, free HTTP/URL access, writing disk files, ...
The macro/script editor is Python aware.
Keyboard Bindings:
This section shows a set of examples - ready for copy & paste.
Preloaded examples: Some of this examples are preloaded after HarvEX installation from *.hxpy files in the HarvEX directory. If you edit the preloaded examples, they are not automatically stored on disk but only in the HarvEX main internal application database. You may write them to disk by a right-click Save to file form inside the macro list. But if you delete or rename the preloaded examples in the macro processor, the original ones are again loaded from file. If you don't want them to be auto-reloaded from the .hxpy's, move those .hxpy files out from the HarvEX directory. If you want to have your own macros in (permanent) pre-load position, save them as .hxpy files to the HarvEX directory.
Copy & Paste & Run macro stuff: mark the specific macro text > Ctrl-C (=copy) > place cursor to macro script editor > Ctrl-V (=paste) > maybe press "Save-As" > press "Execute" or [F5] or [Ctrl-Return]
# Welcome to HarvEX Automation Macros !
# The Famous Hello World Macro :
print "Hello World !"
print "Bid Manager has", bm.GetCount(), "Items"
MessageBox("Welcome to HarvEX Macro Processor !")
# Bulk-snipe selected bid manager items with a common bid value 2.01 ! for item in bm.GetSelectedItems(): b=bm.GetItem(item) b.mybid=2.01 b.set_snipe()
items = bm.GetSelectedItems()
titles = [bm.GetItem(item).title for item in items]
print titles
value=util.GetSimpleInput("N=%s: %s"%(len(items),str(items)),"1.00")
if not value: exit()
value=util.Str2Money(value)
for item in items:
b=bm.GetItem(item)
b.mybid=value
b.set_snipe(se=1) # snipe also SE server based
MessageBox("%s set for %s items: %s" % (value, len(items), titles) )
# Example: filter search results # keep only auctions with 1..4 bids on intab = searchpage.GetMatrix() outtab = [ line for line in intab if 0<line.nbid<5 ] searchpage.SetMatrix( outtab ) searchpage.Show()
Notes:
modified example with case insensitve search in the title:
outtab = [ line for line in matrix if not re.search('(?i)laptops?|notebooks?',line.title) ]
( not : inverse condition; (?i) : case insensitive search ; ..s? : s character either present or not; )
feed output to scan page instead of search-page: scanpage.SetMatrix( outtab )
(copying: click into the script + press Ctrl-A + press Ctrl-C ; in Macro
Processor click "New" and Paste the macro )
An extended version of that script calculates the price+shipping total to an extra column:
You can evolve & simulate this macro savely when having "send_or_prepare=0"
: The generated emails are sent to the "Drafts" folder of MS Outlook.
Only after setting send_or_prepare=1, the emails are going directly to the
"Outbox".
(copying: click into the script + press Ctrl-A + press Ctrl-C ; in Macro Processor click "New" and Paste the macro )
FILE=open("C:/MYOUTFILE.txt","w")
print >>FILE, "time:", time.asctime()
l=[]
for b in bm.Iter():
columns = [b.item,b.currentbid,b.title]
print >>FILE, '\t'.join( map(str,columns) ) #\t = TAB spaced columns!
l.append( columns )
FILE.close()
scanpage.SetMatrix(l , "$item;$currentbid;$title" )
scanpage.Show()
# Example: quick statistics over bids in the search results.
# counts only auctions with at least 1 real bid
matrix = searchpage.GetMatrix()
stat = matrix.ColumnStat('bid')
print stat
print "bid : Count=%d Average=%.2f Variance=%.2f" % (stat.count,stat.avg,stat.var)
# Example: manual statistics over content in the Search Window. # Counts auctions where at least one real bid on sum_count=0 sum_nbid=0 sum_bid=0.0 for line in searchpage.GetLines(): if line.nbid>0: sum_count += 1 sum_bid += line.bid sum_nbid += line.nbid if sum_count: avg_bid = sum_bid / sum_count else: avg_bid = 0.0 print sum_count,"Auctions with bid; ", sum_nbid,"bids total; average bid:%.2f" % avg_bid
# Example: navigate in the Bidmanager and manipulate bids
# by incrementing flat value bids (0.50ct round) by 0.03
for b in bm.Iter():
print b.item, b.mybid, b.currency, b.comment
if b.is_active_snipe() and 0.00 == b.mybid%0.50:
MessageBox("incrementing %s %s (%s) !" % (b.item,b.title,b.mybid) )
b.mybid += 0.03
# do a multiple search for 3 categories # ( requires HarvEX+ ) q=AuctionQuery() q.subjects='Pentium Computer' q.maxpages=1 #q.completed=True #q.searchurl='http://search.ebay.ca/search/search.dll?abc...' categories=[ '160', '12576', '20710', ] for cat in categories: q.cat = cat DoSearchAuctions( q , adding=True , cached=SC_CACHEDORDOWNLOAD ) # result goes to the search page !
( a raw scan example! $ship and $total are now also valid pre-computed scan columns variables since v2.05/build166 )
l=[]
##for b in searchpage.GetLines():
for b in bm.Iter():
o = ScanItem(b.item,cached=SC_CACHEDORDOWNLOAD)
if not o: continue
ship = re.search("(?s)(?i)(?:Shipping and handling|Verpackung und Versand):.*?([\d,.]+)</b>",o.html)
if ship:
ship = ship.group(1)
total = util.Money2Str( util.Str2Money(o.bid) + util.Str2Money(ship) )
else:
ship="???"
total=o.bid+" ?"
##print o.bid,ship,total,o.nbid,o.title
l.append([b.item,o.bid,ship,total,o.nbid,o.currency,o.titlewords])
scanpage.SetMatrix(l , "$item;$bid;$ship;$total;$nbid;$currency;$titlewords" )
scanpage.Show()
l=[]
for b in bm.Iter():
o = ScanItem(b.item,cached=SC_CACHED)
##o = ScanItem(b.item,cached=SC_CACHEDORDOWNLOAD)
if not o: continue
if o.ship.startswith('?'):
mytotal = '?'+str(b.mybid)
currtotal = '?'+o.bid
else:
mytotal = b.mybid + util.Str2Money(o.ship)
currtotal = util.Str2Money(o.bid) + util.Str2Money(o.ship)
b.comment = util.xcomment( 'MTO', mytotal, b.comment )
bm.Show()
( util.xcomment auto-updates if 'MTO=...' is already present in the comment ; alternative currtotal is also computed but not rendered; )
#!init 777 #test: write "test()" into a file "hx-cmd-in.txt". cmd_in = "hx-cmd-in.txt" cmd_out= "hx-cmd-out.txt" def test(): print "test" return 4 def poll(): if util.isfile(cmd_in): cmd=open(cmd_in).read() util.remove(cmd_in) ret=eval(cmd) open(cmd_out,'wb').write(repr(ret)) util.Schedule(poll,1, id=177) print "cmd_interface scheduled"
( util.xcomment auto-updates if 'MTO=...' is already present in the comment ; alternative currtotal is also computed but not rendered; )
#!init 777
# toggle the process
dBids={}
def StepBidChange():
#print "step"
for b in bm.Iter():
if b.item in dBids and dBids[b.item].currentbid!=b.currentbid:
print "bid change", b.item, b.currentbid
util.xc(777,"e.PlayFile('bidding.wav')")
dBids[b.item]=b
util.xc(777,"e.PlayFile('bidding.wav')")
print "BidChangeSound started"
util.Schedule(StepBidChange,3, id=100)
( util.xcomment auto-updates if 'MTO=...' is already present in the comment ; alternative currtotal is also computed but not rendered; )
Annotation: "[HX+]" in the following marks functions available only with HarvEX+ license level - most of them are available during the 14 day trial period.
HarvEX(+) has a Python Language interpreter built-in. A general introduction and tutorials for the Python language itself are found
here.
This chapter shows HarvEX specific Python usage (about: invoking other macros, returning macro return values, persistent data and more).
The following chapters document the HarvEX Python API.CallMacro('hello_world') # call another macro (sub macro call)value = CallMacro('hello_world', a=1, b=2) #call another macro with argumentsprint a,b # print the arguments which are # available directly in the namespace of the called macro raise Return, [1,'hello world',2.0] # exit and return a list from this macro to (an optional) caller exit( [1,'hello world',2.0] ) # alternate return statementraise Exit # exit a macro (before its natural end) if MessageBox('really process mails?','Congratulations Mailer',1) != 1: raise Exit MessageBox('really process mails?','Congratulations Mailer',1) != 1 or exit() # the sameif not hasattr(ps,'a'): ps.a=0 # ps is the global persistent namespace : data persists between consecutive macro calls! print ps.a # prints 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... iteratively ps.a += 1fps = util.FilePersistent( 'C:/mypersist.hxp' ) if not hasattr(fps,'a'): fps.a=0 # a disk persistent namespace : data persists between HarvEX runs ("OO-Database") print fps.a # prints 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... iteratively even if HarvEX is restarted fps.a += 1time,re,string,sets and math are pre-imported python modules in HarvEX scripts.
e.g. use "print time.time(); print math.sqrt(2)" without importing time or math !Upon HarvEX startup the macro [init] is called if present. This script can be edited in order to get all customization done. For example install +Tools menu commands for quick access.
Top Level Functions
q = AuctionQuery() [HX+]
Create a query object for usage in the 'DoSearchAuctions' and 'SearchAuctions' Functions. See also GetQueryFromForm.
Example:
q = AuctionQuery() q.subjects = 'Pentium Computer' q.completed = True DoSearchAuction( q )Query object attributes:
Normal query object attributes can be generated by the "Gen. Macro" button in the search form.
q.searchurl = "http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&query=...." f
If this attribute is used, this direct search URL is used. All other attributes are ignored, thus the URL is not computed.
Beep()
Create a 'beep' sound signal.
DoSearchAuctions( query/url , adding=0 , cached=0, quiet=0) [HX+]
Searches Auctions. The output goes to the search page. In case of quiet=1 the resulting lines are the return value and do not go to the search page.
Arguments:
query / url : a AuctionQuery() object or flat url string
adding : 1 = add to existing content in the search page
cached : 0 = no/download; SC_CACHED=cached only; SC_CACHEDORDOWNLOAD
quiet : 0="GUI":same as manual search to search page;
1="return string": returns only TAB/NEWLINE spaced result string of all
2=same as 0 but no error message boxes;
5="return list of search item objects": [<OSearchItem>, ..]
[return] : 1 = search result OK (quiet=0/2)Example:
DoSearchAuction( q )q=GetQueryFromForm() [HX+]
Create a query object (see AuctionQuery) pre-filled from the current selections in the Search Form page ! Use full for creating "Multi-Searcher" macros
Arguments:
[q] : query object
Example:
q=GetQueryFromForm() print q # see attributes you may alter in q !i = MessageBox( text="test", title="Macro Message", opts=0)
Arguments:
opts : 1=Add Cancel Button, 16 = Error Box, 48 = Information Box
[i] : 1 = OK pressedExample:
scanpage.Show() #shows the scan page
oscan = ScanItem( itemno, cached=SC_CACHED )
Arguments:
cached : SC_CACHED, SC_DOWNLOAD [HX+], SC_CACHEDORDOWNLOAD [HX+]
[oscan] : <scan item object> with attributes : item,title,endtime,currentbid,... like Scan Page / Config table columns.See also:
Example:
o = ScanItem(1234567890) print o.nbids...
Top Level Objects
bidmanagerpage
The Bid Manager Object
Shortname: bm
Access / Examples:
bid = bm.GetItem("1234567890") # returns a <Bid> object print bid.get_mybid(),bid.title bid = bm.AddItem("1234567890") # creates new or returns existing bm.DelItem("1234567890") items = bm.GetItems() # returns item numbers of all Bid Manager items items = bm.GetSelectedItems()for bid in bm.Iter(): print bm.title #iterates directly over bid objectsbid = bm.GetItem("1234567890") bid.mybid = 7.03 bid.set_snipe() bid.ExecBid(no_msg=True)See also:
Bid Manager Functions
AddItem
scanpage
Shortname: scp
Examples:
scanpage.Show() #shows the scan page scanpage.SetMatrix( [ ['abc','def'],['ghi','jkl'], ... ] ) [HX+] scanpage.SetLines( [ 'abc\tdef' , 'ghi\tjkl',... ] ) [HX+] m = scanpage.GetMatrix() print m[0,0]See also:
searchpage
Shortname: sep
Examples:
searchpage.Show() #shows the search page searchpage.SetMatrix( [ ['abc','def'], ['ghi','jkl'], ] ) [HX+]macropage
Shortname: mp
Examples:
macropage.Show() #shows the macr page macropage.ClearOutput()persistent
carries variable values over the execution time of a macro.
Shortname: ps
Example:
try: persistent.my_globalcounter except: persistent.my_global_counter = 0 persistent.my_global_counter += 1 print persistent.my_global_counter...
Modules
util
Utility functions.
ls = util.ScanOutlook( folder, filter=..., pattern=..., errorlevel=1)
[ HX+ required for scanning more than 10 emails ]
Arguments:
folder : MS Outlook folder in directory slash (/) notation like "inbox/somewhere/ebay_in". "inbox" is language independent lockation for the Mail Inbox, the rest of the dirs are identical with your Outlook folder names
[ls] : list of strings of result lines; strings tab spaced columns according to the pattern.
Example: ( see more real world example in the template section ! )
# retrieve buyer email addressses from german ebay.de emails outlookfolder = "inbox/ebaynew" subjectcontains = "Sold Item|Verkaufter Artikel" # read only emails containing this columns = '$item;$email;$ebayname;$fullname;$street' pa_all = [ '(\d{8,10})', # extractor pattern for: item no. 'Käufer:.*?([\w.+-]+@[\w.+-]+)', # email address 'Mitgliedsname:(.*)', 'Name:(.*)', 'Straße:(.*)', ] l = ScanOutlook( folder=outlookfolder, filter=subjectcontains, pattern=pa_all, errorlevel=0 ) print l scanpage.SetList( l, headers=columns ) scanpage.Show()
f = util.Str2Money( s )
Example:
print util.Str2Money('2,345.50')
print util.Str2Money('2.345,50')
s = util.Money2Str( floatvalue )
s = util.Money2StrUS( floatvalue )
s = util.Money2StrDE( floatvalue )( The first one uses the current country settings. )
Example:print util.Money2Str(2345.50')
print util.Money2StrDE(2345.50')
s = util.ExtractCurrency( "EUR 230,00" )
s = util.ExtractMoney( "EUR 230,00" )-> "EUR"
-> "230.00"
works for any currency and country specific format ( , . style etc. )
s = util.matrix2text( matrix )
Parameter:
matrix : list of lists like [[11,12],[21,22],[31,32]]
Example:
util.matrix2text([[11,12],[21,22],[31,32]]) #-> Tab & Newline spaced textm = util.lines2matrix( lines )
Turn tab spaced lines into a list-of-list-matrix.
Parameter:
matrix : list of lists like [[11,12],[21,22],[31,32]]
Example:
util.lines2matrix(['abc\tdef','ghi\tjkl') #-> [['abc','def'],[...]]util.isfile(path)
util.isdir(path)
util.remove(path)os functions within sandbox.
TL = util.ReadTurboListerCSV( fname ) [HX+]
Read and understand a TurboListerCSV (template) file. Details: See the extensive example above.
It is not wise/possible to create a TurboLister file from scratch, because there are around 100 fields to be set. The field layout may also change in future releases of TurboLister.
Best practice: Use a template file already exported from TurboLister (TL/menu/File/Export to CSV) and load it with util.ReadTurboListerCSV, then manipulate the fields in this template and write the final TL CSV file and re-import in TurboLister.Using a TL Object:
TL = util.ReadTurboListerCSV( "C:/data/mylistings.csv" ) print TL.headers #--> check the list of TL attributes t=TL.copy(0) # take the first listing ( #0 ) print t['Title'] #--> 'Nice Auction' t['Description']='my nice auction: this is my new text' t['Category 1']='1234' # set the new category number TL.clear(); TL.add(t); # clear all other listings, set only the modified and .. TL.write("C:/data/modified_listings.csv") # .. create file for re-import in TurboListerSetMenuMacro( title, macroname_or_function, id=None , pos=1000 )
Set a menu item in the "+Tools" menu of the HarvEX GUI. 'id = None' always appends. 'id = 123' writes or overwrites a certain item. using 'pos' you can control the exact position of the menu item.
util.SetMenuMacro( '&Filter Search Results with 1..4 bids on [filter_search]', 'filter_search', 202 )def hello(): print "hello" print "this is a function" util.SetMenuMacro( '&Hello', hello )util.SetMenuMacro( '&Hello', lambda:MessageBox("Hello HarvEX User") )mailitem = CreateOutlookMail( subject="hello", text="this is a message",
toaddr="hello@hello.world.net" , send=0 ) [HX+]Set a menu entry in the "+Tools" menu of the HarvEX GUI.
folder = util.GetOutlookFolder(folder='inbox/my/sub/folder') [HX+]
Return a folder object from folder path.
url_or_data = util.GetItemPicture( item, url=1): [HX+]
url=1 : return the picture URL; url=0: return the downloaded binary picture data. You could save this to a file or FilePersistent database.
data=GetItemPicture( '1234567890',url=0) open('mypic.jpg','wb').write(data)w = util.WaitCursor(): [HX+]
A WaitCursor will be displayed until the w object disapears.
s = util.GetUrl("http://xx.yy.com/mydoc.html") [HX+]
Gets the content of a url page
s = util.GetUrlEbaySignin(ebayurl [,userpwd='otheruser']) [HX+]
Gets the content of a url page at eBay where eBay Sign-In is required. the main ebay account from config page or 'otheruser' is used. These passwords have to be registered in menu/Config/Mulitple Accounts.
s = util.GetClipboardText()
-> "Hello-Text from Clipboard"
util.SetClipboardText("Hello!")
Sets the Windows clipboard text
s = util.GetMainEbayUser()
-> "my_nice_account"
t = util.GetSyncedTime( bmitem.endtime )
Translates a linear server (auction) time to the local synchronized time ready for comparing it to time.time() (current PC time) values.
s = util.GetSimpleInput(name="", s="")
Requests an input string from the user. name is the question/term presented.
name : promt string
s : pre-filled stringutil.SetAuctionRetrieveHandler( handler_func, id=1) [HX+]
Installs a function to be called after auction data update in bid manager. The handler_func is called with one parameter bid : a bid manager
Several handlers maybe installed with different id's - handlers with lowest id's are called first. Setting a handler again with the same id overwrites. Setting None or lambda bid:None uninstalls the handler with ID id.util.Schedule( macro_or_func, period_or_pattern=2, id=None )
Installs a periodically executed background macro or function. It is recommend to use a function, because of 2 reasons: 1) A function has far less time overhead when being called. 2) You can use the persistent namespace of your macro.
period_or_pattern : Period in seconds
id : Example: id=123 : Scheduling a job with same id replaces the old job with that idExample "Command execution through file interface & polling"
#init 777 cmd_in = "hx-cmd-in.txt" cmd_out= "hx-cmd-out.txt" def poll(): if util.isfile(cmd_in): cmd=open(cmd_in).read() util.remove(cmd_in) ret=eval(cmd) open(cmd_out,'wb').write(repr(ret)) util.Schedule(poll,1, id=177)util.COMDispatch( com_name ) [HX+]
Retrieve a COM Interface in order to control other applications like MS Excel, MS Word, etc. on this computer.
xl=util.COMDispatch("Excel.Application") xl.Visible=1 # want to see it live! workbook=xl.Workbooks.Add() # new .XLS workbook sheet=workbook.Sheets(1) # get first Sheet of that sheet.Cells(1,1).Value = "First Cell!" sheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 1.0 # 2nd row, 1st column sheet.Cells(3,3).Value = "=SQRT(2+3)" # Excel computed expression tab=[ [1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], ] sheet.Range( sheet.Cells(4,1), sheet.Cells(5,4) ).Value=tab # write some Bid Manager values out to Excel : for ix,item in enumerate(bm.GetSelectedItems()): # bm.GetItems() for all bid=bm.GetItem(item) sheet.Cells( 7+ix, 1 ).Value = bid.item sheet.Cells( 7+ix, 2 ).Value = bid.title sheet.Cells( 7+ix, 3 ).Value = bid.mybid workbook.Save()Objects
Bidmanager Item Object <bid>
Get a bid object like: bid=bm.GetItem("1234567890"); for bid in bm.Iter(): print bid.title
Setting of certain attributes requires [HX+]
<bid> Object Attributes:
item : read-only endtime : read-only comment mybid state currentbid : read-only seller : read-only high_bidder: read-only finished : read-only group # bid.group="watch"; bid.group="bike(2)" title : read-only on_sale : read-only quant : read-only # Quantity of items in this auction currency : read-only alarmdt=300 #alarm 300seconds before auction end #bid.alarmdt=0 #OFF userpwd_ex #bid.userpwd_ex = ("ebay_freak","secret_passwd"); #bid.userpwd_ex = None; set_snipe(standalone=1,se=0) # Activates Sniping or SE sniping [HX+] # bid.set_snipe() ExecBid(no_msg=False, bidcmd=0) # Execute a Bid/auto-Buy-Now (bidcmd=0) or force Buy-Now (bidcmd=1) [HX+] # bid.ExecBid(no_msg=True)Scan Item Object <oscan>
Get a scan item object like: oscan=ScanItem("1234567890",SC_CACHEDORDOWNLOAD)
<oscan> Object Attributes & Default Values:
item="" title="" words="" titlewords="" # title+words buynow=0 # buynow only auction ? (no bids) finished=0 on_sale=1 # Quantity : how many items are on sale privat=0 # privat auction bid=0.0 currency='?' # "US $" currencybid='??' # "US $34.50" bidq="0.0" # "?" in front if auction not finished nbid=0 # number of bids up to now da=ti="" dati="" dati_local="" ownbuy=0 endtimetime=0 scantimetime=0 high_bidder="" seller="" sellerhighbidder="" ship="???" total="?"Search Item Object <OSearchItem>
Get a search item object like: l_osi=DoSearchAuctions(q,quiet=5); osi=l_osi[4]; print osi.title,osi.htmlitem
<OSearchItem> Object Attributes & Default Values:
item='' bid='' # as string buynowprice='' buynow=0 # flag currency='?' nbid='-' # as string remtime='' # time mark as string as delivered by Search htmlitem='' # total HTML code of this single search item get_nbid() # deliver integer of nbid or 0, if N/A get_bid() # deliver float bid value get_buynowprice() # get separate buy now price or 0.0 if N/A; #may be NotImplementedAuction Query Object <query>
The "Generate Query Template" button in the Search Form page help to generate a template query. Example :
<query> Object Usage:
query=AuctionQuery() query=GetQueryFromForm() query.cat="#1234" # Categorie with (eBay) ID 1234 DoSearchAuctions(query)q=AuctionQuery() q.searchurl="http://www.ebay.com/..." # search from a URL q.maxpages=10 for osi in DoSearchAuctions(q,quiet=5): # returns a list of <OSearchItem>'s print osi.title,osi.get_nbid()<query> Object Attributes & Default Values:
subjects,excl,cat,region,minPrice,maxPrice,anddesc,searchopt=("","","","0","","",0,"1") completed=0 daysback=30 buynow=0 morethan1=0 paypal=0 sortby=0 resultsperpage="50" worldlocation=0 available_to="0" located_in="0" searchurl='' #complete search URL! Overrides: if set, no other form attributes take effect ! maxpages=1
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This chapter describes the "Power Macros" for HarvEX(+). They are sold/customized in addition to HarvEX.
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Benefits : Facilitates screening a
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The head of this macro shows how to configure it:
# searches and buys Buy-It-Now and/or bids on auctions simulation=1 # simulation=0 : really buy/bid! max_items_per_buy=10 # price_min=5.99 price_max=15.00 sellers_allowed=[] # empty list: all sellers allowed #sellers_allowed=['disneyauctionears','disneyauctionears2'] #list of allowed sellers pause=30 # seconds to pause betweed trials max_search_items=10 # only top N auctions first ending first are analyzed #search pattern ... q=AuctionQuery() q.cat='#44035 Lilo & Stitch < Disney < TV, Movie, Character Toys < Toys & Hobbies < All' q.subjects='stitch le 500' q.sortby=1 q.maxpages=1 q.buynow=1 q.searchurl='' #complete search URL! If set, no other form attributes take effect ! # program ... ...
Price : ~ US$ 50
Benefits : Aggressive mass bid
sniping after preparing max. bid values in Excel
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Details:
Price : Starting from US$ 30;
solution depends strongly on specific business.
Benefits : Facilitates screening a
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Price : Starting from US$ 200 ;
solutions depends on specific business.
Benefits : Enables efficient eBay re-selling
of many different products
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Price : ~ US$ 100
Benefits : Enables superior eBay cross
trading businesses
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" What can I do and not do with macros "
" What language/syntax is used for HarvEX macros? "
Python language: The state-of-the-art object orient script language. It offers a unique bandwidth and 'guarantees'
shortest code size.getting started is more easy compared to BASIC
dialects" How do I most quickly learn this macro system? "
HarvEX Macro Tutorial & the Python ultra short tutorial
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