Ebay: "Extract text" and "trigger text" when using on "each row" of pages (like a list of results)

[b4bbuilder]

I want to use eBay's "search title and description" functionality which will provide results that will not always match a keyword. That said my goal is as follows:

-Search anything on eBay

-Exclude words from causing a change detection

-When an item is listed that does not contain an excluded word, send the item title and link

eBay actually already has this functionality but for whatever reason caps the number of words you can exclude to like twenty when I need to ignore far more.

[dgtlmoon]

Hmm two important things tho

• Ignore text will ignore the whole line when that regex matches
• My understanding is that ()'s in "extract text" filter should return only what's inside the ()

Without the extract text Apple([^);]+) regex I get

      Shop on eBay
      Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GB Gold Unlocked Crack screen & Back PARTS ONLY READ
      Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max - 128GB - Pacific Blue (Unlocked) (CA)
      Gold iphone 12 pro max 256gb unlocked used In Excellent Condition
      Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 512GB Factory Unlocked Diamond 24k Gold Plated Back
      Apple iPhone 12 Pro 128GB 256GB 512GB Unlocked All Colours Good Condition

With the extract text Apple([^);]+) regex

 iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GB Gold Unlocked Crack screen & Back PARTS ONLY READ
      Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max - 128GB - Pacific Blue (Unlocked
 iPhone 12 Pro Max 512GB Factory Unlocked Diamond 24k Gold Plated Back
      Apple iPhone 12 Pro 128GB 256GB 512GB Unlocked All Colours Good Condition

Looks like the first result is matching but continuing over, so maybe the problem is that multiline is enabled

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GB Gold Unlocked Crack screen & Back PARTS ONLY READ

[dgtlmoon]

@b4bbuilder so when I use that regex on the regex tester, it does exactly as I predicted

[dgtlmoon]

@b4bbuilder can you explain exactly what the goal of your regex is? what exactly is your watch meant todo? you want to extract lines that only mention the word Apple?

[b4bbuilder]

@dgtlmoon I want to be able to ignore a word and have the link be ignored as well. I do not want to extract any text I am just pointing out that when using the regex for that purpose it works how I would like the "ignore text" to work. In the example below I would like to ignore the term "Apple iPhone XR" and have the regex ignore the whole block. This way anytime an Apple iPhone XR is listed for sale a change detection will not be triggered. Currently, if I simply add "Apple iPhone XR" to "ignore text" it will only ignore the one line and anytime a new "Apple iPhone XR" is listed for sale the link that goes with it will still trigger a change detection.

The two example below showcase how I would like the regex to work:

Before adding "Apple iPhone XR" plus the regex to "ignore text":

After adding "Apple iPhone XR" plus the regex to "ignore text":

Note that your examples above do not include the links which is why the regex is not working as I intend it to.

[dgtlmoon]

I want to be able to ignore a word and have the link be ignored as well.

hmm what about turn off the link rendering then?

[b4bbuilder]

@dgtlmoon The items I intend to search have 30,000+ listings. Currently in order to find added items I would have to copy and paste the title into the search bar which I would prefer to avoid.

[dgtlmoon]

so your goal is

• watch ebay for a list of items that match a keyword
• if that keyword exists, send the title and the URL/link somewhere (for each item)

right?

[b4bbuilder]

@dgtlmoon I do not want to match a specific keyword. I want to use eBay's "search title and description" functionality which will provide results that will not always match a keyword. That said my goal is as follows:

-Search anything on eBay

-Exclude words from causing a change detection

-When an item is listed that does not contain an excluded word, send the item title and link

eBay actually already has this functionality but for whatever reason caps the number of words you can exclude to like twenty when I need to ignore far more.

[dgtlmoon]

Now I finally understand what you are trying todo, moved to discussions and set the appropriate discussion title

yeah this is going to be tricky, because the URL will appear sometimes and sometimes not on a new line, your regex is "greedy" and flowing over etc

the base problem is that the system is designed to look at the page as a whole, but you're focusing on a row-by-row result set

[dgtlmoon]

I think you want something like this #1088

So that you can

• set extract filter to just pull "<a href=..."
• set other filters

then in the notifications body setting you would put like

Title {fetched:a.title} Link: {feched:a[@href]}

I think this would solve it very elegantly, right?

[b4bbuilder]

yes, that would be perfect. Though I thought it would be simpler to accomplish.