Web Parser on Amazon

[RicardoTM]

Well, that's certainly efficiency lol

I like being a good boy, so since keepa offers a good amount of information for free, I went ahead and asked directly in their forums. I put it as a request for implementing it for Rainmeter use.

Maybe they don't know Rainmeter and once they meet it they like the idea and let us parse at least product title, image, lowest, highest and current prices.

They offer a user based RSS notification system. I'm not familiar with RSS, so I was wondering if theoretically they could report that info to an RSS and we could parse that to retrieve the data?

I haven't given up. (yet)

[Yincognito]

I like being a good boy, so since keepa offers a good amount of information for free, I went ahead and asked directly in their forums. I put it as a request for implementing it for Rainmeter use.

Maybe they don't know Rainmeter and once they meet it they like the idea and let us parse at least product title, image, lowest, highest and current prices.

They offer a user based RSS notification system. I'm not familiar with RSS, so I was wondering if theoretically they could report that info to an RSS and we could parse that to retrieve the data?

I haven't given up. (yet)

I have more than one doubt about the idea, but I guess it's worth to try.

Apparently, they already have an RSS feed, see:
- https://github.com/noobboon7/RSSamazon (more or less empty)
- https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-use-keepa-extension-to-snag-the-best-deals-on-black-friday-2022 (2nd to last image has a RSS link)
- https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-use-keepa-to-shop-smarter-during-amazon-prime-day-2022 (these guys really like Keepa)
- https://community.zapier.com/how-do-i-3/using-keepa-rss-alert-to-send-to-discord-channel-24540 (proves that Keepa offers a RSS feed)
Also, an example of their API, obviously without a key:
- https://keepa.com/#!discuss/t/scraping-wrong-data-keepa/16722
A somewhat related way to get stuff with Selenium mentioned:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70064250/scrape-brand-suggestions-from-keepa-with-python

As for reporting info to their RSS feed, it seems they do that already, at least a part of it. Not sure about the requirements, but probably you'd have to be registered on the site or follow the instructions in the links above, I don't know. After that, Rainmeter can parse any RSS or Atom feed, heck I (or you) could even use the Feeds skin in my suite for that, lol, as long as a valid link exists.

[RicardoTM]

I have more than one doubt about the idea, but I guess it's worth to try.

Apparently, they already have an RSS feed, see:
- https://github.com/noobboon7/RSSamazon (more or less empty)
- https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-use-keepa-extension-to-snag-the-best-deals-on-black-friday-2022 (2nd to last image has a RSS link)
- https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-use-keepa-to-shop-smarter-during-amazon-prime-day-2022 (these guys really like Keepa)
- https://community.zapier.com/how-do-i-3/using-keepa-rss-alert-to-send-to-discord-channel-24540 (proves that Keepa offers a RSS feed)
Also, an example of their API, obviously without a key:
- https://keepa.com/#!discuss/t/scraping-wrong-data-keepa/16722
A somewhat related way to get stuff with Selenium mentioned:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70064250/scrape-brand-suggestions-from-keepa-with-python

As for reporting info to their RSS feed, it seems they do that already, at least a part of it. Not sure about the requirements, but probably you'd have to be registered on the site or follow the instructions in the links above, I don't know. After that, Rainmeter can parse any RSS or Atom feed, heck I (or you) could even use the Feeds skin in my suite for that, lol, as long as a valid link exists.

Yup, they offer a user based RSS feed, but it only reports alerts for when tracked products drop their price, nothing else.
Here's mine: https://dyn.keepa.com/v2/user/rss/?feed=11o1rvgcvm8vd8av0ri8kdhnu8qrck7r
as you can see it's empty, since nothing I track has drop their price below my set range.

So, my idea was for them to report not only the alerts, but the tracked products title, image link and highest, lowest and current price, regardless of if it's dropped price or not.
Obviously they'd have to agree and do it, which doesn't sound difficult. I'm just asking for the info that's already free on their website.

Basically this:

Captura de pantalla 2024-05-27 184221.jpg

They offer their API but it's a €50 monthly fee... paying to save money is not logical unless you're some vendor looking for the lowest prices to buy the product you'll sell overpriced.

[Yincognito]

So, my idea was for them to report not only the alerts, but the tracked products title, image link and highest, lowest and current price, regardless of if it's dropped price or not.
Obviously they'd have to agree and do it, which doesn't sound difficult. I'm just asking for the info that's already free on their website.

Basically this:
Captura de pantalla 2024-05-27 184221.jpg

They offer their API but it's a €50 monthly fee...

Like I said, I doubt they see it that way, otherwise they wouldn't have included the said info in their non free API while excluding it from their RSS to tease the consumer to want more and pay, but who knows, maybe I'm wrong and your suggestion is implemented. Judging by the relatively low rate of success for user suggestions in free programs, for a paid service the chances would be even lower, IMHO. Hopefully I'm wrong and you get something out of it, I wish you luck in that regard!

[RicardoTM]

Yeah I know, but I lose nothing by asking nicely lol. They haven't answered yet tho, maybe they never will. At least I tried.

[Yincognito]

Yeah I know, but I lose nothing by asking nicely lol. They haven't answered yet tho, maybe they never will. At least I tried.