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 Bid Monkey - Stable branch
Section: Unix

 

Added: Wed, Dec 12th 2001 22:13 UTC (7 years, 0 months ago) Updated: Fri, Dec 10th 2004 21:44 UTC (4 years, 1 month ago)


Screenshot About:
Bid Monkey is a command line and GUI tool that automatically bids on eBay auctions at the last possible moment ("sniping"). It will run in the foreground or background, and only requires basic information from the user, such as username, password, item number, and the maximum bid to place. Among its more unique features, Bid Monkey abstracts the URL scheme and regular expressions into a separate "patterns" database, allowing for easy Web-based updates.

Author:
pedram [contact developer]

Rating:
8.51/10.00 (6 votes)

Homepage:
http://pedram.redhive.com/
Zip:
http://pedram.redhive.com/download.php?file=bid_monkey
Demo site:
http://pedram.redhive.com/[..]screenshots/bid_monkey_v2_screenshot.gif

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status]  5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]  Console (Text Based), Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications, X11 Applications :: GTK
[Intended Audience]  End Users/Desktop
[License]  OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]  OS Independent
[Programming Language]  Python
[Topic]  Internet, Utilities

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 
Project admins: [change]
» pedram (Owner)

» Rating: 8.51/10.00 (Rank N/A)
» Vitality: 0.00% (Rank 5570)
» Popularity: 3.09% (Rank 1471)

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Branch Version Last release License URLs
Stable 2.5.1 11-Dec-2004 GNU General Public License (GPL) Homepage Zip

 Comments

[»] my banana
by Marcus Schopen - Nov 9th 2004 18:12:37

greates sniper ever! Thanks Pedram.

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[»] use of Glade
by lonpm2 - Sep 15th 2004 14:26:27

using in Windows NT4 - complete newbie to python - downloaded Python 2.3 copied BID monkey to folder execute python bid_monkey.py -g and receive the response:

import gtk/gtk.glade failed

MONKEY-FATAL> could not start gui

tried finding installs of GTK and of glade - installed about 7 related products with no resolution on this issue. If anyone has any idea I'd be very greatful

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    [»] Re: use of Glade
    by naitram - Sep 18th 2004 18:19:14

    Had the same problem. The pygtk package found here: http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/ fixed it for me. Hope it helps.


    > using in Windows NT4 - complete newbie

    > to python - downloaded Python 2.3 copied

    > BID monkey to folder execute python

    > bid_monkey.py -g and receive the

    > response:

    >

    > import gtk/gtk.glade failed

    >

    > MONKEY-FATAL> could not start gui

    >

    > tried finding installs of GTK and of

    > glade - installed about 7 related

    > products with no resolution on this

    > issue. If anyone has any idea I'd be

    > very greatful

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    [»] Re: use of Glade
    by pedram - Nov 8th 2004 12:39:59


    > using in Windows NT4 - complete newbie

    > to python - downloaded Python 2.3 copied

    > BID monkey to folder execute python

    > bid_monkey.py -g and receive the

    > response:

    >

    > import gtk/gtk.glade failed

    >

    > MONKEY-FATAL> could not start gui

    >

    > tried finding installs of GTK and of

    > glade - installed about 7 related

    > products with no resolution on this

    > issue. If anyone has any idea I'd be

    > very greatful


    See the INSTALL file distributed with the package. The required packages and links to them are provided within. If you are still having problems. E-mail me.

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[»] -p password command line option shows pw in ps, history
by a_team_of_scientists - Jan 26th 2004 11:55:22

If you use the -p command line option to enter your password, it will be visible when you (or anyone else) runs ps or history.

If you skip -p, you'll be prompted for the password, which is safer.

Maybe you could add a note in the readme about this.

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[»] Problems with v2.x
by jamespo - Nov 3rd 2003 09:58:41

I get this problem with v2.x (python rewrite)

[x bid_monkey_v2]$ ./bid_monkey.py
File "./bid_monkey.py", line 73
usage += " -i <item #> -m <max bid> -u <username> -p <password> [options] "
^

Doesn't appear to like the += operator...
this is trying both v1.5 & v2.2 of python

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    [»] Re: Problems with v2.x
    by jamespo - Nov 3rd 2003 10:58:25

    ah, the hardcoded path to /usr/bin/python was calling v1.5 rather than v2.2...

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[»] It works perfectly!
by Raj - Aug 13th 2003 19:02:42

It's nice when things just work. I downloaded the program, expanded it and tested it on an auction and I won the auction.

This program is small, efficient, and works as advertised. No eye candy or graphics, just good code.

/*Raj*/

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[»] BidMonkey is my hero
by Mark Lindner - Jun 20th 2002 15:57:00

Well I'm a happy customer. I instructed BidMonkey to snipe an auction at 6:30 AM...there's no way I was going to wake up that early...and sure enough, this dependable primate won the auction for me.

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[»] Brave
by Jason Martin - Mar 18th 2002 17:40:10

It seems rather, um, brave to trust an outside script to bid for you, given that ebay might change their side of things at any time.

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