Instructions for this project can be found here

My ebay-dl.py file converts ebay's html files into .json or .csv files. These files display the name (name), price (price), status (status) and shipping price (shipping) of the item. They also show whether free returns (free_returns) are available for the item, in addition to the number of items sold (items_sold) per item.

In order to run the python file and generate json files, use the following command:

$ python3 ebay-dl.py 'ant traps' 

The key term 'ant trap' is interchangeable with any search term. I also downloaded files with the search terms 'sunglasses' and 'goggles'. Note that the search term must be placed in quotations if there is a space between words. The program is set to download 10 pages if no page count is specified, but if more/fewer pages are being downloaded, the command can be adjusted as follows (8 pages would be printed based on the command below):

$ python3 ebay-dl.py 'ant traps' --num_pages=8 

The program runs with .json files by default. In order to run the python file and generate csv files .csv, use the following command and add --csv=True:

$ python3 ebay-dl.py 'ant traps' --csv=True