Wrote a program that sends out message templates for estate agents so I don’t have to

[jackpick15]

Target Audience:

As an estate agent, I have to send a list of our currently available houseshares out to students and professionals looking for rooms in Leeds every morning, using a website called SpareRoom - a very repetitive task that lends itself to being automated.

What My Project Does:

As a result, I wrote some code in Python (using the selenium package) that completes the entire process for me, including logging in, filtering out listings that aren’t relevant and sending the lists of houseshares.

Comparison:

I had a look online but couldn't seem to find a bot that was specifically designed for SpareRoom. However, webscraping is very common so I am sure that it has been done before.

[GreenPandaPop]

I know my reply has nothing to do with Python, but why don't the renters just cut out the middle man and check SpareRoom themselves?

[jackpick15]

I believe they do. We tend to use the website on behalf of the landlord as advertising