I don't know about the legality or practicality of it, but I used something similar to get my current job. To get an IT job with the State of California one has to take a test that fills up in just a few hours the few times a year it is made available. I created a terribly simple CF file that grabbed the notice page with CFHTTP and compared it to saved hash of a previous read of the page. I ran this as a scheduled task once an hour and if the new page was different it sent me an email notice. I was signed up for the test within an hour the very next time it posted.
Ian P.S. Since there is apparently an RSS feed, I would say that the same concept could be provided for use with the feed as well, if one wanted. Brad Wood wrote: > So I had an idea this morning for a simple CF site, but I wanted > feedback on the practicality, usefulness, or even the legality of it. > > My wife is now CONSTANTLY trolling craigslist.com for stuff, and I will > occasionally hit the free stuff or tools with a couple things in mind. > All the good deals get eaten up quick though and I can't live on the > site 24/7 > > What if I wrote a simple spider in CF to scrape their content for my > city once an hour or so into a database and then setup automatic > notifications when certain keywords appear like "chainsaw" in the "free" > category? > > Would people use that? > > Would that be a waste of CF code? > > Would I get sued? > > Am I only the 58th person to think of this? > > ~Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283774 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
