Closed d0xi1337 closed 6 months ago
Hi, this is a fine place to ask!
When does rate limiting typically occur from your testing? Could you give an estimate like 30 searches every 10 minutes
Unfortunately it's difficult to give a definitive answer here. It depends on a few different factors, including:
To reduce the number of searches you need, I would suggest using the most general category possible for the actual search, and then filtering down the results you want using filter rules. For example, if you were interested in a specific type of car (e.g. Honda Civic) and a specific type of motorcycle (e.g. Yamaha R6), rather than creating two searches for the FB Marketplace cars
and motorcycles
categories, you could create a single search on vehicles
and then filter for Honda Civic
and Yamaha R6
.
If you use that same vehicles
search in multiple channels (e.g. #cars
and #motorcycles
), Hyacinth will be smart enough to combine the polling, thus reducing the number of requests you're making.
Generally, I would suggest sticking to just a few searches in order to avoid getting rate-limited or banned.
Does the program find new listings outside your local area? If so would it be possible to only search for listings with shipping enabled?
(I assume you're asking about FB Marketplace) when you configure the search, you need to enter the location to search in (see docs). Separate areas would need to be separate searches. As far as I can tell this is a limitation of Marketplace that can't be worked around.
It should be possible to filter for listings with shipping enabled, but I haven't implemented this yet. Happy to accept a contribution if you are interested in adding this.
Hey, apologies if this area is not where this type of question belongs, i don't use github but i've been searching for this type of software and came across this. I have some questions:
Thanks