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Features

• Scrapes multiple websites for patterns of being stocked via API and Chromium
• Opens browser when stock is available
• Ability to send notifications when stock is available

👉 The bot will not automatically buy for you

Installation overview

Linux, macOS, and Windows are all capable operating systems.

You do not need any computer skills, smarts, or anything of that nature. You are very capable as you have made it this far. Some basic understanding how a terminal, git, and or Node.js is a bonus, but that does not limit you to getting streetmerchant running!

Installation: native

Reference	Note
tag	Example, v1.0.0; stable
main	Latest HEAD; not tagged, could be unstable

• Node.js 14
• git
• Clone this project git clone https://github.com/jef/streetmerchant.git
  • To checkout a particular ref, use git checkout <ref name> after cloning
• Run npm install
• Copy .env-example to a new file .env and edit the .env file to your liking using your favorite text editor
  • More on this in customization
• Run npm run start to start

At any point you want the program to stop, use Ctrl + C.

👉 Please visit the wiki if you need more help with installation.

Installation: Docker

Available via GitHub Container Registry.

Tag	Note
latest	Latest release; stable
nightly	Latest HEAD each day at midnight UTC; could be unstable

# to run
docker run --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN \
  -it --rm --env-file ./.env \
  ghcr.io/jef/streetmerchant:nightly

# to test notifications
docker run --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN \
  -it --rm --env-file ./.env \
  ghcr.io/jef/streetmerchant:nightly test:notification:production

Developer notes

The command npm run start:dev can be used instead of npm run start to automatically restart the project when filesystem changes are detected in the src/ folder or .env file.

Customization

To customize streetmerchant, make a copy of .env-example as .env and make any changes to your liking. All environment variables are optional.

Expand to see all available options

Application

Environment variable	Description	Notes
AUTO_ADD_TO_CART	Enable auto add to cart on support stores	Default: true
BROWSER_TRUSTED	Skip Chromium Sandbox	Useful for containerized environments, default: false
HEADLESS	Puppeteer to run headless or not	Debugging related, default: true
INCOGNITO	Puppeteer to run incognito or not	Debugging related, default: false
IN_STOCK_WAIT_TIME	Time to wait between requests to the same link if it has that card in stock	In seconds, default: 0
LOG_LEVEL	Logging levels	Debugging related, default: info
LOW_BANDWIDTH	Blocks images/fonts to reduce traffic	Disables ad blocker, default: false
OPEN_BROWSER	Toggle for whether or not the browser should open when item is found	Default: true
PAGE_BACKOFF_MIN	Minimum backoff time between retrying requests for the same store when a forbidden response is received	Default: 10000
PAGE_BACKOFF_MAX	Maximum backoff time between retrying requests for the same store when a forbidden response is received	Default: 3600000
PAGE_SLEEP_MIN	Minimum sleep time between queries of the same product page	In milliseconds, default: 5000
PAGE_SLEEP_MAX	Maximum sleep time between queries of the same product page	In milliseconds, default: 10000
PAGE_TIMEOUT	Navigation Timeout in milliseconds	0 for infinite, default: 30000
PROXY_ADDRESS	IP Address or fqdn of proxy server
PROXY_PORT	TCP Port number on which the proxy is listening for connections	Default: 80
SCREENSHOT	Capture screenshot of page if a card is found	Default: true
USER_AGENT	Custom User-Agents headers for HTTP requests	Newline separated, e.g.: USER_AGENT_STRING1 \n USER_AGENT_STRING2
WEB_PORT	Starts a webserver to be able to control the bot while it is running; optional	Default: disabled

👉 You can find your computer's user agent by searching google for "my user agent"

👉 Data usage is known to be high. This is expected as the program scrapes many websites in parallel 24/7. To help reduce this, use LOW_BANDWIDTH="true". We are looking into other solutions as well, but is low priority.

Filters

Environment variable	Description	Notes
COUNTRY	Supported country you want to be scraped	Currently only used by Nvidia, default: usa
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_3070	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies 3070 series cards (does not apply to these sites: Nvidia, Asus, EVGA)	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - Cards above 1234 will be skipped.
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_3080	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies 3080 series cards (does not apply to these sites: Nvidia, Asus, EVGA)	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - Cards above 1234 will be skipped.
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_3090	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies 3090 series cards (does not apply to these sites: Nvidia, Asus, EVGA)	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - Cards above 1234 will be skipped.
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_RYZEN5600	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies AMD 5600 series cpus	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - CPUs above 1234 will be skipped.
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_RYZEN5800	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies AMD 5800 series cpus	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - CPUs above 1234 will be skipped.
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_RYZEN5900	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies AMD 5900 series cpus	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - CPUs above 1234 will be skipped.
MAX_PRICE_SERIES_RYZEN5950	Maximum price allowed for a match, applies AMD 5950 series cpus	Default: leave empty for no limit, otherwise enter a price (enter whole dollar amounts only, avoid use of: dollar symbols, commas, and periods.) e.g.: 1234 - CPUs above 1234 will be skipped.
MICROCENTER_LOCATION	Specific MicroCenter location(s) to search	Comma separated, e.g.: marietta,duluth, default: web
NVIDIA_ADD_TO_CART_ATTEMPTS	The maximum number of times the nvidia-api add to cart feature will be attempted before failing	Default: 10
NVIDIA_SESSION_TTL	The time in milliseconds to keep the cart active while using nvidia-api	Default: 60000
SHOW_ONLY_BRANDS	Filter to show specified brands	Comma separated, e.g.: evga,zotac
SHOW_ONLY_MODELS	Filter to show specified models	Both supported formats are comma separated 1. Standard E.g.: founders edition,rog strix 2. Advanced E.g: MODEL:SERIES, E.g: founders edition:3090,rog strix
SHOW_ONLY_SERIES	Filter to show specified series	Comma separated, e.g.: 3080,ryzen5900
STORES	Supported stores you want to be scraped	Both supported formats are comma separated 1. Standard E.g.: "nvidia" 2. Advanced E.g: STORE:PAGE_SLEEP_MIN:PAGE_SLEEP_MAX, E.g: nvidia:10000:30000 Default: nvidia

Supported stores

👉 Used with the STORES variable.

Stores	Environment variable
Adorama	adorama
Alternate (DE)	alternate
Alternate (NL)	alternate-nl
Amazon	amazon
Amazon (CA)	amazon-ca
Amazon (DE)	amazon-de
Amazon (ES)	amazon-es
Amazon (FR)	amazon-fr
Amazon (NL)	amazon-nl
Amazon (UK)	amazon-uk
AMD	amd
AMD (DE)	amd-de
Aria PC (UK)	aria
ARLT (DE)	arlt
ASUS	asus
ASUS (DE)	asus-de
Azerty (NL)	azerty
B&H	bandh
Best Buy	bestbuy
Best Buy (CA)	bestbuy-ca
Box (UK)	box
CanadaComputers (CA)	canadacomputers
Caseking (DE)	caseking
CCL (UK)	ccl
Computeruniverse (DE)	computeruniverse
Coolblue (NL)	coolblue
Coolmod (ES)	coolmod
Currys (UK)	currys
Cyberport (DE)	cyberport
eBuyer (UK)	ebuyer
EVGA	evga
EVGA (EU)	evga-eu
Galaxus (DE)	galaxus
Game (UK)	game
Gamestop	gamestop
Kabum (BR)	kabum
Mediamarkt (DE)	mediamarkt
MemoryExpress (CA)	memoryexpress
Micro Center	microcenter
Mindfactory (DE)	mindfactory
Newegg	newegg
Newegg (CA)	newegg-ca
Notebooksbilliger (DE)	notebooksbilliger
Novatech (UK)	novatech
Nvidia	nvidia
Nvidia (API)	nvidia-api
Office Depot	officedepot
Overclockers (UK)	overclockers
PCComponentes (ES)	pccomponentes
PlayStation	playstation
PNY	pny
Proshop (DE)	proshop-de
Proshop (DK)	proshop-dk
Saturn (DE)	saturn
Scan (UK)	scan
Target	target
Very (UK)	very
Walmart	walmart
Zotac	zotac
TopAchat	topachat

Micro Center stores

👉 Used with the MICROCENTER_LOCATION variable.

👉 Before using web, please review this issue comment.

Store name
brooklyn
brentwood
cambridge
chicago
columbus
dallas
denver
duluth
fairfax
flushing
houston
madison-heights
marietta
mayfield-heights
north-jersey
overland-park
parkville
rockville
sharonville
st-davids
st-louis-park
tustin
westbury
westmont
yonkers

Supported brands and models

👉 Used with the SHOW_ONLY_BRANDS and SHOW_ONLY_MODELS variables.

Brand	Model
amd	5600x, 5800x, 5900x, 5950x
asus	dual, dual oc, strix, strix oc, tuf, tuf oc
evga	ftw3, ftw3 ultra, xc3, xc3 black, xc3 ultra
gainward	phantom gs, phoenix, phoenix gs, phoenix gs oc
gigabyte	aorus master, aorus xtreme, eagle, eagle oc, gaming, gaming oc, turbo, vision, vision oc
inno3d	gaming x3, ichill x3, ichill x4, twin x2 oc
kfa2	sg, sg oc
microsoft	xboxsx, xboxss
msi	gaming x trio, ventus 2x oc, ventus 3x, ventus 3x oc
nvidia	founders edition
palit	gamerock oc, gaming pro, gaming pro oc
pny	dual fan, xlr8 revel, xlr8 uprising
sony	ps5 console, ps5 digital
zotac	amp holo, amp extreme holo, trinity, trinity oc, twin edge, twin edge oc

Supported countries (used with nvidia and nvidia-api)

👉 Used with the COUNTRY variable.

Country	3080 FE	3090 FE	Test Card	Notes
austria	✔	✔	✔
belgium	✔	✔	✔
canada	✔	✔	✔
czechia	✔	✔	✔
denmark	✔		✔	Missing RTX 3090
finland	✔		✔	Missing RTX 3090
france	✔	✔	✔
germany	✔	✔	✔
great_britain	✔	✔	✔
ireland	✔	✔	✔
italy	✔	✔	✔
luxembourg	✔	✔	✔
netherlands	✔	✔	✔
norway	✔	✔	✔
poland	✔	✔	✔
portugal	✔			RTX 3080 only
spain	✔	✔	✔
sweden	✔	✔	✔
usa	✔	✔	✔

Notifications

👉 You can test your notification configuration by running npm run test:notification.

Desktop

Environment variable	Description	Notes
DESKTOP_NOTIFICATIONS	Display desktop notifications using node-notifier	Default: false
PLAY_SOUND	Play this sound notification if a card is found	Relative path accepted, valid formats: wav, mp3, flac, E.g.: path/to/notification.wav, free sounds available

Discord

Environment variable	Description	Notes
DISCORD_NOTIFY_GROUP	Discord group you would like to notify	Can be comma separated, use role ID, E.g.: <@&2834729847239842>
DISCORD_WEB_HOOK	Discord Web Hook URL	Can be comma separated, use whole webhook URL

Email and SMS

Environment variable	Description	Notes
EMAIL_PASSWORD	Gmail password	See below if you have MFA
EMAIL_TO	Destination Email	Defaults to username if not set. Can be comma separated
EMAIL_USERNAME	Gmail address	E.g.: [email protected]
PHONE_CARRIER	Supported carriers for SMS	E.g.: att or att,verizon,google, email configuration required. If multiple phone numbers are listed, enter a carrier for each phone number
PHONE_NUMBER	10 digit phone number(s)	E.g.: 1234567890 or 1234567890,0987654321,11112223333, email configuration required
SMTP_ADDRESS	IP Address or fqdn of smtp server
SMTP_PORT	TCP Port number on which the smtp server is listening for connections	Default: 25

👉 If you have multi-factor authentication (MFA), you will need to create an app password and use this instead of your Gmail password.

Supported carriers

Carrier	Environment variable	Notes
AT&T	att
AT&T Prepaid	attgo
Bell	bell
Fido	fido
Google	google
Koodo	koodo
Mint	mint
Rogers	rogers
Sprint	sprint
Telus	telus
T-Mobile	tmobile
Verizon	verizon	Works with Visible
Virgin	virgin
Virgin (CA)	virgin-ca

MQTT

Environment variable	Description	Notes
MQTT_BROKER_ADDRESS	IP address or URL of MQTT Broker	e.g 192.168.1.xxx or broker.hivemq.com
MQTT_BROKER_PORT	Network port of MQTT Broker	Default: 1883
MQTT_CLIENT_ID	Unique ClientID (only if required by MQTT Broker), typically not required when only publishing alerts	eg. client-123456
MQTT_PASSWORD	MQTT password - only use with MQTT brokers on private networks, if required. Will not be sent over public networks for safety.	e.g mysecret
MQTT_QOS	QoS level for published alerts to broker (https://www.npmjs.com/package/mqtt#about-qos)	Default: 0, Can be 0, 1, or 2
MQTT_TOPIC	Topic to publish alerts to. Can include %store%, %series%, %brand%, %model% for dynamic topics	Default: streetmerchant/alert e.g nv-alert/%store%/%series%/%brand%/%model%/alert
MQTT_USERNAME	MQTT username - (only if required by MQTT Broker)	e.g myusername

PagerDuty

Environment variable	Description	Notes
PAGERDUTY_INTEGRATION_KEY	PagerDuty Events API v2 Integration Key. Obtain one in PagerDuty - - Integrations
PAGERDUTY_SEVERITY	Severity of PagerDuty events	Default: info

Philips Hue

Environment variable	Description	Notes
PHILIPS_HUE_API_KEY	Hue Bridge API Key	Required, generate key using instructions here. This will be used for both LAN and cloud access over the official Remote Hue API.
PHILIPS_HUE_LAN_BRIDGE_IP	LAN IP Address of your Hue Bridge	LAN only, e.g. 192.168.x.x
PHILIPS_HUE_LIGHT_IDS	Light IDs	Optional (all if not supplied). Comma seperated, e.g.: 1, 2
PHILIPS_HUE_LIGHT_COLOR	Color in RGB Format	Optional (NVIDIA green if not supplied). Comma separated, e.g.: 255, 255, 255
PHILIPS_HUE_LIGHT_PATTERN	blink or empty	Optional - lights will flash for 30 seconds if blink is supplied.
PHILIPS_HUE_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN	Remote Access Token	Cloud only, the access token obtained from Philips's Remote Hue API. Instructions to generate here.
PHILIPS_HUE_CLOUD_REFRESH_TOKEN	Remote Refresh Token	Cloud only, the refresh token obtained from Philips's Remote Hue API.
PHILIPS_HUE_CLOUD_CLIENT_ID	Remote Client ID	Cloud only, the client ID to use when accessing the Remote Hue API.
PHILIPS_HUE_CLOUD_CLIENT_SECRET	Remote Client Secret	Cloud only, the client secret to use when accessing the Remote Hue API.

👉 Video demonstration

Pushbullet

Environment variable	Description	Notes
PUSHBULLET	PushBullet API key	Generate at https://www.pushbullet.com/#settings/account

Pushover

Environment variable	Description	Notes
PUSHOVER_TOKEN	Pushover access token	Generate at https://pushover.net/apps/build
PUSHOVER_USER	Pushover username
PUSHOVER_PRIORITY	Pushover message priority

Slack

Environment variable	Description	Notes
SLACK_CHANNEL	Slack channel for posting	E.g.: update, no need for #
SLACK_TOKEN	Slack API token

Telegram

Environment variable	Description	Notes
TELEGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN	Telegram access token
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID	Telegram chat ID	Comma seperated, e.g.: 123456789, 123456789,987654321

Twilio

Environment variable	Description	Notes
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID	Twilio Account SID	Can be found on twilio.com/console
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN	Twilio Auth Token	Can be found on twilio.com/console
TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER	Twilio provided phone number to send messages from	Include country code e.g +4401234567890
TWILIO_TO_NUMBER	Mobile number to send SMS to	Include country code e.g +4401234567890

Twitter

Environment variable	Description	Notes
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY	Twitter Token Key
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET	Twitter Token Secret
TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY	Twitter Consumer Key	Generate all Twitter keys at: https://developer.twitter.com/
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET	Twitter Consumer Secret
TWITTER_TWEET_TAGS	Optional list of hashtags to append to the tweet message	E.g.: #nvidia #nvidiastock

Twitch

Environment variable	Description	Notes
TWITCH_CLIENT_ID	Twitch client ID
TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET	Twitch client secret
TWITCH_ACCESS_TOKEN	Twitch access token
TWITCH_REFRESH_TOKEN	Twitch refresh token
TWITCH_CHANNEL	Twitch channel

FAQ

Q: What's Node.js and how do I install it? Visit their website and download and install it. Very straight forward. Otherwise, Google more information related to your system needs.

Q: Will this harm my computer? No.

Q: Have you gotten a card yet? YES! 🎉 🚀

Screenshot

Q: Will I get banned from of the stores? Perhaps, but getting a card is a nice outcome.

Q: I got a problem and need help! File an issue. I'll do my best to get to you. I work a full time job and this is only a hobby of mine.

Q: How do I get the latest code? Take look at this wiki page.

Q: Why don't my notifications work? There is probably an issue that has already been resolved .

Q: I'd love to contribute, how do I do that? Make a pull request! All contributions are welcome.

Q: Why do I have to download all this stuff just to get this bot working? Well, I would rather you didn't either. See #11.

Q: Why does Amazon show an error page (with a picture of an animal) instead of adding to cart or going to the detail page? This is intended; see #733. This indicates that the item is out of stock and only available from a third-party seller (often at a markup).

Q: I'm using streetmerchant in the cloud and X isn't working. There is a lot of undefined behavior with using streetmerchant in the cloud. Some sites may block IPs from your cloud provider. It is possible that a VPN will help circumvent these problems.