https://github.com/jigarius/spca-scanner

A Ruby app that scans the SPCA Montreal's website for new pets available for adoption and sends email notifications.
https://github.com/jigarius/spca-scanner

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A Ruby app that scans the SPCA Montreal's website for new pets available for adoption and sends email notifications.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jigarius/spca-scanner
• Owner: jigarius
• Created: 2021-02-10T18:12:12.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-05-06T12:52:40.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-05T20:54:12.779Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: cli, example, ruby, scraper, thor, watcher
• Language: Ruby
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• Size: 104 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# SPCA Scanner

An application that sends email notifications when the SPCA website

has new pets available for adoption.

> I was thinking about adopting a cat, but cats at SPCA disappear like

> hot cake. This watcher sends you email notifications for new cats at

> intervals of 5-10 minutes so that you can have a matching furry-friend

> soon (and then uninstall the app).

>

> ~ _[Jigarius](https://jigarius.com/)_

I'm sure SPCA publishes this info on Twitter and there must be other tools

that do similar things. However, I wanted to write some object-oriented

Ruby code, so I wrote this tool.

Read the full article on Jigarius.com: [Building a Web Scraper/Watcher with Ruby: Cats + Ruby + CLI + Emails](https://jigarius.com/blog/spca-scanner).

## Usage

  * Create `.env` based on `.env.example`.

    * SMTP config must be correct for emails to work.

    * You can get a free basic SMTP account from SMTP service providers like

      [SendGrid](https://sendgrid.com/).

  * `lando start` (Lando must be installed).

  * `lando spcas`; Execute a scan.

    * Suggested usage: `lando spcas -v --category=cats --email --interval 10`

    * More options: `lando spcas help scan`.