Hello, Morgan and all:

Thank you for this wonderful tool, I have started to use JBW not long ago and still learning. I have searched the forums about how to feed JBW with a text file, but did not get any results. Here is a file format like:

item number, sniper price
140391329598,34.99
200450380127,50.99
140391329553,28.99
150423718387,58.99
140391320555,39.99
150423718104,48.99
200450384216,45.99
…

list could be long and manually input will be time consuming. so is there a way to feed the text file directly into JBW? so it will set the item number with the sniper price? if yes, how?

thanks.

Jim

Easy. configure jbidwatcher to act as http server, then use wget or another command-line tool able to submit http requests to feed the auctions/snipes to jbidwatcher.
Something along the lines of:
wget —http-user=YOU —http-passwd=EBAYPWD —delete-after “http://host:port/addAuction?id=${AUCT}&action=Add+Auction”

The Variable AUCT contains the auction number, which you can read from your file in a loop. hostname and port depend on your configuration.
Or, to snipe:
wget —http-user=YOU —http-passwd=EBAYPWD —delete-after “http://host:port/activateSnipe?id=${AUCT}&action=snipe&snipeamount=${SNIPE}”

delete-after just tells wget not to keep a copy of the http reply the bidwatcher webserver offers in the filesystem.

If you’re uncertain about the URL, try pointing a browser at the local bidwatcher webserver, and see how the link for the actions (add/snipe/…) is formed.
To cancel a snipe, I usually just set a bit od 0.01, which leaves it in the list for reference. Another thing I found handy is to peruse the last cent of the snipe as a telltale token on auctions, for example $x.×4 = more stuff from that seller pending, x.×5 = local pickup, and the like.

Q