README.md

Andium Properties Checker

A simple program that checks the Andium Homes homes to rent page for updates, then sends an email summary.

Getting Started

1. Make sure Node.js and Git are installed
2. Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/glitchjsy/andium-checker
3. Run cd andium-checker && npm install
4. Create a free account at Mailtrap, follow the steps to set up your account, including verifying your own domain, and retrieve your username and password.
5. Create a file named config.json. Here is the default config which you should modify to suit your own needs:

{
    "cronInterval": "*/5 * * * *",
    "headers": {
        "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0; Nexus 5 Build/MRA58N) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36"
    },
    "email": {
        "from": "[email protected]",
        "recipients": [
            "[email protected]",
            "[email protected]"
        ],
        "subject": "Andium Checker",
        "user": "MAILTRAP USERNAME",
        "pass": "MAILTRAP PASSWORD"
    }
}

Example Email

----------------
New Properties: --
Name: 3A Victoria Cottage Homes – Over 55’s
Address: Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour's Hill, JE2 7TS, St. Saviour
Price: £910.00

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Removed Properties:
--
Name: 3A Victoria Cottage Homes
Address: Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour's Hill, JE2 7TS, St. Saviour
Price: £910.00