auto-bidder 0.1.0

data/LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2009 hoverlover
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+
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+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.markdown

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+# AutoBidder: Win without trying
+
+This library places bids on online auction sites for you automatically while you do other important things, like walking your dog.
+
+## Installing
+
+    gem install auto-bidder
+    
+## Usage
+
+AutoBidder is intended to be ran from the command line:
+
+    Chad-Boyds-iMac:~ cboyd$ auto-bidder --help
+    Usage: auto-bidder [options] URL
+        -v, --verbose                    Be more verbose
+        -x, --max-price PRICE            Maximum price you are willing to pay for the auction item
+        -n, --min-price [PRICE]          Minimum price the auction item must reach before bidding starts
+        -c, --bid-cost COST              How much each bid actually costs you
+        -u, --username USER              Username of your account for the auction site
+        -s, --bid-seconds [SECONDS]      How many seconds remaining on the clock before a bid is placed
+        -h, --help                       Display this screen
+        
+It is a gem, though.  So I suppose you could use it within your own project.
+
+AutoBidder works by utilizing [Watir](http://watir.com), an open-source library for automating web browsers.  The AutoBidder library will launch a Safari window and connect to the URL you supply on the command line.
+
+## Notes
+
+**Watir** supports IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.  AutoBidder uses Safari only, however.  Feel free to fork this project and implement any or all of the other browsers if you wish.

data/bin/auto-bidder

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'auto_bidder'

data/lib/auto_bidder.rb

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+require 'safariwatir'
+require 'optparse'
+require 'auto_bidder/auction_interface'
+require 'auto_bidder/bigdeal'
+require 'auto_bidder/browser_interface'
+require 'logger'
+require 'uri'
+
+class AutoBidder
+  def initialize(url, options)
+    @num_bids = 0
+  
+    # Glean the TLD name from the host and use it to create the auction interface
+    host = URI.parse(url).host
+    begin
+      @auction_interface = Module.const_get(host.split(".")[-2].capitalize).new(url, options)
+    rescue NameError
+      $log.fatal "Auction site #{host} not supported"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def start
+    @auction_interface.connect_to_auction
+    @auction_interface.start_monitoring
+  end
+end
+
+def parse_command_line
+  # This hash will hold all of the options
+  # parsed from the command-line by
+  # OptionParser.
+  options = {}
+
+  optparse = OptionParser.new do|opts|
+    # Set a banner, displayed at the top
+    # of the help screen.
+    opts.banner = "Usage: auto-bidder [options] URL"
+
+    # Define the options, and what they do
+    options[:verbose] = false
+    opts.on('-v', '--verbose', 'Be more verbose') do
+      options[:verbose] = true
+    end
+    
+    opts.on("-x", "--max-price PRICE", Float, 'Maximum price you are willing to pay for the auction item') do |max_price|
+      options[:max_price] = max_price
+    end
+    
+    opts.on("-n", "--min-price [PRICE]", Float, 'Minimum price the auction item must reach before bidding starts') do |min_price|
+      options[:min_price] = min_price || 0.0
+    end
+    
+    opts.on("-c", "--bid-cost COST", Float, 'How much each bid actually costs you') do |bid_cost|
+      options[:bid_cost] = bid_cost
+    end
+    
+    opts.on("-u", "--username USER", 'Username of your account for the auction site') do |username|
+      options[:username] = username
+    end
+    
+    opts.on("-s", "--bid-seconds [SECONDS]", Integer, 'How many seconds remaining on the clock before a bid is placed') do |bid_secs|
+      options[:bid_secs] = bid_secs || 1
+    end
+    
+    # This displays the help screen, all programs are
+    # assumed to have this option.
+    opts.on( '-h', '--help', 'Display this screen' ) do
+      puts opts
+      exit
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Parse the command-line. Remember there are two forms
+  # of the parse method. The 'parse' method simply parses
+  # ARGV, while the 'parse!' method parses ARGV and removes
+  # any options found there, as well as any parameters for
+  # the options. What's left is the list of files to resize.
+  optparse.parse! ARGV
+  
+  ensure_option_is_present options, :max_price, optparse
+  ensure_option_is_present options, :bid_cost, optparse
+  ensure_option_is_present options, :username, optparse
+  
+  url = ARGV[0]
+  unless url
+    puts "URL must be given"
+    puts optparse
+    exit 1
+  end
+  
+  ARGV.clear
+  
+  if options[:username]
+    print "Auction site password:"
+    options[:password] = gets.chomp
+  end
+  
+  $log = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+  $log.level = options[:verbose] ? Logger::DEBUG : Logger::INFO
+
+  $log.debug "Verbose logging turned on" if $log.debug?
+  
+  [url, options]
+end
+
+def ensure_option_is_present(options, name, parser)
+  if !options.has_key? name
+    puts "Option #{name} is required"
+    puts parser
+    exit 1
+  end
+end
+
+url, options = parse_command_line
+AutoBidder.new(url, options).start

data/lib/auto_bidder/auction_interface.rb

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+module AuctionInterface
+  
+  def start_monitoring
+    while true do
+      reload_if_necessary
+
+      @hours = hours
+      @mins = mins
+      @secs = secs
+      print_stats
+
+      if @hours == 0 && @mins == 0 && @secs == @bid_secs && ok_to_bid
+        place_bid
+        sleep 10
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  # --------------- #
+  # Private methods #
+  # --------------- #
+  def ok_to_bid
+    current_price = get_current_price
+    current_price >= @min_price && ((@num_bids + 1) * @bid_cost + current_price) <= @max_price 
+  end
+  
+  def reload_if_necessary
+    # Reload every 8-10 minutes so the website doesn't think we've gone idle.  If @secs is 5 or less
+    # put off the reload so we don't accidentally miss a bid opportunity.
+    if (Time.now.to_i - @last_reload) / 60 >= @next_reload_in && @secs > 10
+      @browser.reload
+      recalculate_next_reload_time
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def hours
+    begin
+      get_hours
+    rescue
+      $log.error "Could not find hours element"
+      @browser.reload
+      -1
+    end
+  end
+
+  def mins
+    begin
+      get_mins
+    rescue
+      $log.error "Could not find minutes element"
+      @browser.reload
+      -1
+    end
+  end
+
+  def secs
+    begin
+      get_secs
+    rescue
+      $log.info "Could not find seconds element"
+      @browser.reload
+      -1
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def recalculate_next_reload_time
+    @next_reload_in = (rand(3) + 8)
+  end
+  
+  def connect_to_auction    
+    sign_in unless signed_in?
+    
+    @last_reload = Time.now.to_i
+    recalculate_next_reload_time
+  end
+  
+  def place_bid
+    $log.info <<-BIDDING
+    \n=======================================
+                 PLACING BID
+         #{Time.now}
+    =======================================
+    BIDDING
+
+    begin
+      execute_bid
+      @num_bids += 1
+
+      # The server knows we're still here because we just placed a bid, so reset the next reload time.
+      recalculate_next_reload_time
+    rescue
+      $log.error "Error while placing bid!"
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def print_stats
+    @last_debug ||= Time.now.to_i
+  
+    # print debug every 10 seconds
+    if Time.now.to_i - @last_debug > 10
+      begin
+        $log.debug %(#{Time.now.strftime "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S"} - #{"%02d" % @hours}:#{"%02d" % @mins}:#{"%02d" % @secs}, #{get_formatted_price})
+      rescue => e
+        $log.error "Could not print debug statement\n#{e.backtrace.join("\n")}"
+      end
+      @last_debug = Time.now.to_i
+    end
+  
+    sleep 0.01
+  end
+  private :ok_to_bid, :reload_if_necessary, :hours, :mins, :secs, :recalculate_next_reload_time, :place_bid, :print_stats
+end

data/lib/auto_bidder/bigdeal.rb

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+class Bigdeal
+  include AuctionInterface
+
+  def initialize(url, options)
+    @auction_url = url
+    @auction_id = @auction_url.match(/([\d]+\Z)/)[0]
+    @browser = BrowserInterface.new @auction_url
+  
+    @max_price = options[:max_price]
+    @min_price = options[:min_price]
+    @bid_cost = options[:bid_cost]
+    @bid_secs = options[:bid_secs]
+    @username = options[:username]
+    @password = options[:password]
+    
+    @num_bids = 0
+  end
+
+  def get_current_price
+    @browser.span(:id, "#{@auction_id}-price").text.delete('$').to_f
+  end
+
+  def signed_in?
+    @browser.link(:text, /Logout/).exists?
+  end
+
+  def sign_in
+    @browser.link(:text, /Login/).click
+    @browser.text_field(:id, "userNameOrEmail").set(@username)
+    @browser.text_field(:id, "password").set(@password)
+    @browser.form(:action, /login/).submit
+  end
+
+  def get_hours
+    @browser.span(:id, "#{@auction_id}-hours_remaining").text.to_i
+  end
+
+  def get_mins
+    @browser.span(:id, "#{@auction_id}-minutes_remaining").text.to_i
+  end
+
+  def get_secs
+    @browser.span(:id, "#{@auction_id}-seconds_remaining").text.to_i
+  end
+
+  def execute_bid
+    @browser.div(:id, "#{@auction_id}-bid_button").click
+  end
+
+  def get_formatted_price
+    @browser.span(:id, @auction_id + "-price").text
+  end
+end

data/lib/auto_bidder/browser_interface.rb

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+class BrowserInterface < Watir::Safari
+
+  def initialize(url)
+    super()
+    @url = url
+  
+    begin
+      goto @url
+    rescue
+      $log.error "Failed to load website.  Will retry."
+      retry
+    end
+  end
+
+  def reload
+    $log.debug "reloading ..."
+    begin
+      goto @url
+      @last_reload = Time.now.to_i
+      sleep 5 # give the browser time to finish loading before continuing
+    rescue
+      $log.error "Failed to reload.  Will retry."
+      retry
+    end
+  end
+end

data/spec/auto_bidder_spec.rb

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+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper')
+
+describe "Autobidder" do
+  it "fails" do
+    fail "hey buddy, you should probably rename this file and start specing for real"
+  end
+end

data/spec/spec_helper.rb

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+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
+require 'autobidder'
+require 'spec'
+require 'spec/autorun'
+
+Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
+  
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: auto-bidder
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  hash: 27
+  prerelease: false
+  segments: 
+  - 0
+  - 1
+  - 0
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- hoverlover
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-07-09 00:00:00 -05:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: gem for automatically placing bids on auction sites
+email: hoverlover@gmail.com
+executables: 
+- auto-bidder
+- auto-bidder
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- LICENSE
+- README.markdown
+files: 
+- bin/auto-bidder
+- lib/auto_bidder.rb
+- lib/auto_bidder/auction_interface.rb
+- lib/auto_bidder/bigdeal.rb
+- lib/auto_bidder/browser_interface.rb
+- LICENSE
+- README.markdown
+- spec/auto_bidder_spec.rb
+- spec/spec_helper.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/hoverlover/auto-bidder
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: 
+- --charset=UTF-8
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      hash: 3
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.7
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: gem for automatically placing bids on auction sites
+test_files: 
+- spec/auto_bidder_spec.rb
+- spec/spec_helper.rb