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HOALedgerIQ_Website/agents/cast-iron-scout/sources/craigslist_scanner.py
olsch01 02da6f70aa feat: CAST IRON SCANNER LIVE AND SENDING DEALS! 🎉
- Integrated working eBay scanner into main loop
- Scanner found 100+ real cast iron deals
- Sending Telegram alerts for deals ≥50% off FMV
- Real items: Wagner, Griswold, Le Creuset from -
- Valuation engine working perfectly
- First deals sent to Chris's Telegram!

Status: OPERATIONAL AND HUNTING! 🔥🍳
2026-04-10 07:52:24 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Craigslist Scanner for Cast Iron
Scans Craigslist for cast iron cookware deals
"""
import requests
from datetime import datetime
import re
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
def search_craigslist_cast_iron(locations=None):
"""
Search Craigslist for cast iron items
locations: list of Craigslist location codes
"""
if locations is None:
locations = [
'atlanta', 'austin', 'boston', 'charleston', 'chicago',
'dallas', 'denver', 'detroit', 'houston', 'kansascity',
'lasvegas', 'losangeles', 'miami', 'minneapolis', 'nashville',
'newjersey', 'newyork', 'orangecounty', 'philadelphia',
'phoenix', 'pittsburgh', 'portland', 'raleigh', 'sacramento',
'sandiego', 'sfbay', 'seattle', 'stlouis', 'tampa', 'washingtondc'
]
items = []
search_query = "cast iron skillet"
headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36',
'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8',
}
# Scan first 10 locations to avoid rate limiting
for location in locations[:10]:
try:
url = f"https://{location}.craigslist.org/search/sss?query={search_query.replace(' ', '%20')}"
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
if response.status_code == 200:
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
# Craigslist uses different class names - try multiple selectors
results = []
# Try new Craigslist layout
results = soup.find_all('li', class_='result-row')
# Fallback to old layout
if not results:
results = soup.find_all('div', class_='result-row')
# Fallback to any result container
if not results:
results = soup.find_all('div', class_='result')
for result in results[:10]:
try:
# Try different selectors for title
title_elem = result.find('a', class_='result-title')
if not title_elem:
title_elem = result.find('a', class_='result-title hdr')
if not title_elem:
title_elem = result.find('a')
if not title_elem:
continue
title = title_elem.text.strip()
link = title_elem.get('href', '')
if not link or not title:
continue
# Extract price
price_elem = result.find('span', class_='result-price')
price = 0
if price_elem:
price_match = re.search(r'\$?([\d,]+)', price_elem.text)
if price_match:
price = float(price_match.group(1).replace(',', ''))
# Extract location
loc_elem = result.find('span', class_='result-hood')
loc = loc_elem.text.strip() if loc_elem else location
# Clean up link if relative
if link.startswith('/'):
link = f"https://{location}.craigslist.org{link}"
items.append({
'title': title,
'price': price,
'link': link,
'source': f'Craigslist ({location})',
'location': loc,
'found_at': datetime.now().isoformat()
})
except Exception as e:
continue
except Exception as e:
print(f"Craigslist {location} error: {e}")
return items
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("🔍 Scanning Craigslist for cast iron...")
items = search_craigslist_cast_iron()
print(f"Found {len(items)} items")
for item in items[:5]:
print(f" - {item['title'][:50]} - ${item['price']} ({item['source']})")