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juliomalegria / python-craigslist

Simple Craigslist wrapper
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Alerts are 10-15 minutes late #77

Closed damanc7 closed 4 years ago

damanc7 commented 4 years ago

There seems to be a 10-15 minute delay from when something is posted on craigslist to when python-craigslist finds it. Is there any way to minimize this time?

irahorecka commented 4 years ago

I think this is a Craigslist feature. I post items on the website frequently and the delay you’re talking about is a common phenomenon.

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 There seems to be a 10-15 minute delay from when something is posted on craigslist to when python-craigslist finds it. Is there any way to minimize this time?

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damanc7 commented 4 years ago

I think this is a Craigslist feature. I post items on the website frequently and the delay you’re talking about is a common phenomenon. …

Is there a way around this? I’ve applied for a gig 10 minutes after it was posted and it was already filled by 3 other people so I think craigslist is posting within this time.

juliomalegria commented 4 years ago

What if you check the posted_today filter? Just spitballing, I don't know the Craigslist internals, so not sure if that would work, but maybe that makes Craigslist get the newest posts?

damanc7 commented 4 years ago

I tested by going through Selenium and refreshing the page over and over (as a user would) and am still getting the delay so it's with Craigslist. I am going to close the issue as it isn't with python-Craigslist.