ARealCoder: No, there isn’t, but I’m a political scientist, not a programmer (anymore). The project was done as a hack. However, this speed issue assumes that everyone is on the same pipe. I’ve been more concerned about working on that aspect that the code.

Also, there is a lot missing, I have really moved past grepping the search results, using API to search and curl to automate the buying process. Email me (collin@averysmallbird) if you want to collaborate.

I’ll update this post tonight/tomorrow.

Obviously, the main goal of this script is to be faster than others. Sending everything through the command prompt is not going to cut it if someone makes a bot in c#.

Egos are for programmers that have move past copy paste.

while (true) {
($first, @rest) = `curl “http://shop.ebay.com/items/__planet-earth_W0QQLHQ5fIncludeSIFZ1QQLHQ5fBINZ1QQLHQ5fFSZ1QQLHQ5fPriceZQ2eQ2e1Q2e01Q40cQQQQ_arrZ1QQ_dmdZ1QQ_fsctZQQ_in_kwZ1QQ_ipgZ50QQ_mPrRngCbxZ1QQ_oexkwZQQ_okwZplanetQ20earthQQ_sopZ12?_trksid=p3286.c0.m287” -s | egrep “[0-9]{13}[880]” -o | egrep “[0-9]{13}” -o`;
print “done dling”;
if ($first ne “”) {
chop($first);
chop($first);
print $first;
exec(“open \”http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=BinConfirm&item=” . $first . “&fb=1&pt=US_Gift_Certificates&uiid=1368064539&co_ partnerid=&quantity=1\””);
exit;
}
}