ebay-feedback-notifier

Introduction

This Python script sends a notification email if an eBay user's feedback rating changes.

Requirements

• Create a free SMTP2GO account at smtp2go.com. This allows you to send mail through their SMTP server.
• Modify the values in the REQUIRED CUSTOMIZATIONS section of the Python script.

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# REQUIRED CUSTOMIZATIONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

EMAIL_RECIPIENT = '[email protected]'
EMAIL_SENDER    = '[email protected]'

SMTP2GO_USERNAME = '[email protected]'
SMTP2GO_PASSWORD = 'password'

Procedure

• Run the script using Python version 3.0 or higher.

Usage: feedback_notifier.py [-h] -u USERNAME [-f FILENAME]

Example Execution

Example Notification Email

Automation

The script can be run using Unix/Linux cron or Windows Task Scheduler.

### Run every hour using cron
0 * * * * cd /home/user/scripts && /usr/bin/python3 /home/user/scripts/feedback_notifier.py -u musicmagpie > /home/user/scripts/listener.log 2>&1