Automate relisting your posts on secondhand seller sites
Currently, Relister supports relisting active listings for the following listing sites:
- Craigslist
- Facebook Marketplace
Currently, only the following fields are supported. If you complete other fields on your posts, they will not be automatically filled on the next repost.
- category
- condition (optional)
- description
- location
- manufacturer (optional)
- name
- neighborhood
- phone number
- price
- title
- zip code
- category
- condition
- description
- hide from friends
- location
- price
- title
Clone the project to your computer by running the following in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/veryscarycary/Relister.git
Download the zip file from the green "Code" button on https://nodejs.org/en/download and unzip it somewhere.
Tested working with Node v16.20.1 (npm v8.19.4) (There are known issues when using Node v18)
If you don't already have Node installed, download Node. If you want to switch between Node versions with ease, I recommend installing NVM(Node Version Manager) to enable you to switch between Node versions.
Download Node via https://nodejs.org/en/download. Choose your operating system to download the installer and follow the prompts.
- Download homebrew by pasting and running this in your terminal:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
- Install NVM:
brew update
brew install nvm
mkdir ~/.nvm
echo "export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
- Install Node version 16 via NVM:
nvm install 16
nvm use 16
cdinto the project directory(whereever you git cloned this project)- Run
npm install - Run
npm run start
e.g.
cd [path-where-you-ran-git-clone]/Relister
npm install
npm run start
After running the final command, the electron app should launch on your screen:
Currently, the app cannot be built and packaged as a .app file due to its reliance on .env variables. The app will need to be rearchitected to make use of AppData instead in order to function correctly. Until then, you can use npm start to run the application normally, or please feel free to make a pull request to complete its transition into a standalone app!
The earliest version of this app was designed without a GUI and was intended to be used only through the command line. The benefit of the command line interface is that so you can set up the commands to be run on a consistent cadence, via cron for example, and continuously relist your postings without any direct interaction. You are still able to use this app in this fashion if you so choose.
Follow the steps below to setup environment variables which will be used in the creation/relisting of posts via command line.
Create a .env file at the root of the project with the following values filled and tailored to you:
# GENERAL
PRICE_DROP="10"
# FACEBOOK VALUES
USERNAME_FB="[email protected]"
PASSWORD_FB="password123"
RELISTER_LOCATION_FB="San Diego, CA"
# CRAIGSLIST VALUES
USERNAME_CL="[email protected]"
PASSWORD_CL="password123"
RELISTER_LOCATION_CL="city of san diego"
RELISTER_MANUFACTURER="Samsung"
RELISTER_NAME="John Smith"
RELISTER_NEIGHBORHOOD="Santa Monica"
RELISTER_PHONE_NUMBER="8881234567"
RELISTER_ZIP_CODE="92111"
To automatically relist all active postings on Craigslist, run the following command:
npm run relist-cl
To automatically relist all active postings on Facebook Marketplace, run the following command:
npm run relist-fb
To automatically create a posting on Craigslist, set the respective fields in the .env and run the following command:
npm run create-cl
To automatically create a posting on Facebook Marketplace, set the respective fields in the .env and run the following command:
npm run create-fb
If you want to drop the price of the posting on the next repost, change the PRICE_DROP variable in your .env file to a number to drop the price by a fixed amount, or a percentage to drop it by a percentage. If you want to keep the price the same, leave the field empty or remove it altogether.
e.g.
PRICE_DROP="20"
PRICE_DROP="10%"
PRICE_DROP=
Relister is not affiliated with Craigslist nor Facebook Marketplace. Their sites and/or their APIs may change at any time, which may cause Relister to break. There is no warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the usage of this software.