https://github.com/leoncvlt/bidbybid
💸 Python tool which scrapes sold eBay auctions for minimum, maximum and average sold prices across a time period
https://github.com/leoncvlt/bidbybid
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💸 Python tool which scrapes sold eBay auctions for minimum, maximum and average sold prices across a time period
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/leoncvlt/bidbybid
- Owner: leoncvlt
- Created: 2021-01-23T18:29:45.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-02-20T18:24:47.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-31T12:57:25.513Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: ebay, python, scraping
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 24.4 KB
- Stars: 8
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# bidbybid
A python tool which scrapes sold eBay auctions based on one (or more) search terms, and compiles minimum, maximum and average sold prices across a time period.
## Installation & Requirements
Make sure you're in your virtual environment of choice, then run
- `poetry install --no-dev` if you have [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) installed
- `pip install -r requirements.txt` otherwise
## Usage
```
bidbybid.py [-h] [-l {en_US,en_UK}] [-a] [-b ANOMALIES_BIAS] [-c] [-v] search
positional arguments:
search The ebay search terms. Supports advanced patterns such as '-' to exclude words, parentheses for OR queries, '*' as wildcards and quotes for literals. For more information,
see https://www.thebalancesmb.com/mastering-ebay-search-for-sellers-2531709
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l {en_US,en_UK}, --locale {en_US,en_UK}
The locale to run the search in - will set the eBay's country domain and currency / dates parsing.
-a, --exclude-anomalies
Excludes auctions which strays
-b ANOMALIES_BIAS, --anomalies-bias ANOMALIES_BIAS
Bias for excluding anomalies(e.g. a bias of 0.25 will exclude any auctions which sold at 25% less or more than the average sold price).Only applicaple with --exclude-anomalies. Default is 0.5
-c, --chart Displays the scraped results in chart
-v, --verbose Increase output log verbosity
```
## Sample usage
```
python bidbybid.py "xenoblade 2 -collector -special -edition -controller -figure"
```
Get the prices for the videogame Xenoblade 2, excluding special editions and bundles.
```
python bidbybid.py "thinkpad x220, thinkpad x230, thinkpad x240, thinkpad x250, thinkpad x260" -a -c
```
Get the prices for different models of Thinkpad laptops, excluding any auction that strays more than 50% from the average price (to filter out likely auctions for parts or broken items), and display the results in a chart.
## To do
- [ ] Add more ebay locales
- [ ] Implement chart functionality with `matplotlib`
- [ ] Add polynomial fit to display trendlines for the prices
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