craigslist-to-osclass

Import craigslist ads to opensource classified framework osclass using python and osclass plugin Ad Importer https://market.osclass.org/plugins/ad-management/ad-importer_53.

Requires providing a CSV file of desired listings to add, will also dig up reply email address.

Dependencies

• BautifulSoup

Files

• xmlMaker.py - python script that builds the XML file used by "Ad Importer" plugin

• urls.csv - CSV file used by xmlMaker.py sample file

  • Column A - Listing URL
  • Column B - Category #must match your category spelling or a new category will be created
  • Column C - City #will use craigslist region if nothing is present
  • Column D - Region #I use Region as State in my osclass
  • Column E - Custom Fields
  • Column F - Phone Number #Appended after content

• craigslist.xml - XML file create by xmlMaker.py

Directions

• Meet dependencies - pip install bs4
• Create the CSV of URLS
• Run xmlMaker.py
• Goto osclass admin / Plugins / Ad Importer / upload the craigslist.xml file