python-craigslist-meta 0.5.1

A simple API to traverse Craigslist endpoints

Streamline your Craigslist queries with an API that traverses url endpoints. This library serves as an addition to pycraigslist and python-craigslist.

Installation

pip install python-craigslist-meta

Examples

Let’s find every car and truck for sale around the world. pycraigslist is required for this example.

import pycraigslist
from craigslist_meta import Site

for site in Site.all():
    if site.has_area():
        for area in site:
            all_autos = pycraigslist.forsale.cta(site=site.key, area=area.key)
            for auto in all_autos.search():
                print(auto)
    else:
        all_autos = pycraigslist.forsale.cta(site=site.key)
        for auto in all_autos.search():
            print(auto)

We could run the same search using python-craigslist.

from craigslist import CraigslistForSale
from craigslist_meta import Site

for site in Site.all():
    if site.has_area():
        for area in site:
            all_autos = CraigslistForSale(site=site.key, area=area.key, category='cta')
            for auto in all_autos.get_results():
                print(auto)
    else:
        all_autos = CraigslistForSale(site=site.key, category='cta')
        for auto in all_autos.get_results():
                print(auto)

Let’s get Craigslist urls of areas in the San Francisco Bay Area.

from craigslist_meta import Site

sfbay = Site("sfbay")
for area in sfbay:
    print(area.url)


# https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/
# https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/
# https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/
# https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/
# ...

We can also work with countries. Let’s get site keys in Germany.

from craigslist_meta import Country

germany = Country("germany")
for site in germany:
    print(site.key)


# berlin
# bremen
# cologne
# dresden
# ...

Let’s get titles of sites in Japan.

from craigslist_meta import Country

japan = Country("japan")
for site in japan:
    print(site.title)


# 福岡
# 広島
# 名古屋
# 沖縄
# ...

Finally, we can go a step further and work with regions.

from craigslist_meta import Region

africa = Region("africa")
for country in africa:
    print(country.title)


# Egypt
# Ethiopia
# Ghana
# Kenya
# ...

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Get a list of valid keys for Region, Country, and Site by using the keys class attribute.

from craigslist_meta import Site

print(Site.keys)


# ['abbotsford', 'aberdeen', 'abilene', ... ]

Similarly, get a list of children keys for Region, Country, and Site instances by using the children attribute.

The children heirarchy is as follows: Region –> Country –> Site –> Area

from craigslist_meta import Country

india = Country("india")
# print site keys in India
print(india.children)


# ['ahmedabad', 'bangalore', 'bhubaneswar', ... ]

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The project is licensed under the MIT license.