Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: kijiji-manager
Version: 0.1.1
Summary: App for viewing, posting, reposting, and deleting your Kijiji ads
Home-page: https://github.com/jackm/kijiji-manager
Author: jackm
Author-email: jackm@ehelion.com
License: MIT
Keywords: kijiji,ad,manager,reposter,automation,bot,flask
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Web Environment
Classifier: Framework :: Flask
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Requires-Python: >=3.6
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE

# Kijiji Manager

Kijiji Manager app for viewing, posting, reposting, and deleting your Kijiji ads.

Built using the [Flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/) framework with Python 3.6+.
Completely API driven, with no web scraping. Runs a local webserver which provides the web user interface.

Kijiji Manager is able to handle all types of ads under every Kijiji category (although not every ad type has been extensively tested).

If you find any bugs with posting ads, please create a new issue to report it.

## Requirements

Kijiji Manager requires Python 3.6+.

#### Minimum dependencies

* `Flask`
* `Flask-WTF`
* `Flask-Login`
* `Flask-Executor`
* `WTForms`
* `httpx`
* `xmltodict`
* `is-safe-url`
* `phonenumbers`

## Installation

1. Install from source
    1. Clone this repository
       ```
       git clone https://github.com/jackm/kijiji-manager.git
       cd kijiji-manager
       ```
    1. Create a new virtualenv (optional but highly recommended)
       ```
       python3 -m venv venv
       source venv/bin/activate
       ```
       * When using a virtualenv, you must source the `venv/bin/activate` script each time you start a new shell, otherwise the installed Python packages will not be available
       * If using a Debian based Linux distro, and the _venv_ Python library is not found or if there is an error about missing _ensurepip_, you will have to apt install `python3-venv` first
       * If using Windows, you may have to use the `py` command in place of `python` or `python3`
       * If using Windows, the activate script will be at `venv/Scripts/Activate` instead
       * See the Python [virtual environments tutorial](https://docs.python.org/3.6/tutorial/venv.html) for more information
    1. Install the kijiji-manager package from the current directory\
       `pip install .`
1. Copy the sample config file at [`kijiji_manager/kijiji-manager-sample.cfg`](kijiji_manager/kijiji-manager-sample.cfg) and rename it to `kijiji-manager.cfg`, putting it in the instance folder
    * Create a folder named `instance` at the root of this repository if it does not exist
1. Edit the secret key variable on the first line in `instance/kijiji-manager.cfg` to a random value
    * To generate a random value you can run the following and copy the output:\
      `python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(16))"`
1. Run the app from a shell/terminal: `python -m kijiji_manager` or `kijiji-manager -c instance/kijiji-manager.cfg`
    * Append `--help` to see all possible command line arguments
1. Open a browser and go to http://localhost:5000/ or http://127.0.0.1:5000/
    * Cookies must be enabled in order to log in
1. Login using an existing Kijiji account
    * You must register for a new account on [kijiji.ca](https://www.kijiji.ca/) if you do not yet have one

For all subsequent runs, start the app again using `python -m kijiji_manager` or `kijiji-manager -c instance/kijiji-manager.cfg` and then go to the web interface in your browser.
You can also leave the app running in the terminal if you wish.
No background HTTP calls are made unless you refresh or load new pages.

## Command line arguments

```bash
usage: kijiji-manager [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-b BIND] [-p PORT] [-d]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        path to config file
  -b BIND, --bind BIND  interface to bind to (default: localhost)
  -p PORT, --port PORT  port to bind to (default: 5000)
  -d, --debug           enable debugging
```

## Screenshots

![Login page](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4127823/86979816-3ccf8980-c150-11ea-9b16-1d4a9612ad6b.png)

![Home page](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4127823/94874784-dee5d180-0420-11eb-802c-2cb8c55f7bb4.png)

![Show ad page](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4127823/86979503-8075c380-c14f-11ea-997b-1ecf84066c2e.png)

![Post ad step 1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4127823/86979508-823f8700-c14f-11ea-963a-4366119303d2.png)

![Post ad step 2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4127823/86979510-8370b400-c14f-11ea-8293-13846c1c8c40.png)

## Credits

Many of the core architecture concepts have been borrowed from the [Kijiji-Reposter](https://github.com/rybodiddly/Kijiji-Reposter/) project.
Many thanks to [rybodiddly](https://github.com/rybodiddly/) for the work they have done, especially on the Kijiji API.


