Bricklink LotID availability check

Hi I am expert in C# and have done a lot of projects on it so I can easily do this job. BRICKLINK LOT AVAILABILITY CHECKER -How I will do this job? First I will read the excel sheet and then pass the Id into URL ([login to view URL]) and as we have no database so I will render in a webclient and then parse the DOM element and check the result div that contains data if the result div got No result then I will mail it to specified email address which we will be providing in interface. I will use C# as I have 5 years of experience with it and know the web clients that can easily parse the DOM elements. More importantly I have done similar work in past so I am full confident about it Kindly send me the excel file that contains the lotIds so that we can start work now. Please let me know if you have any questions Thanks Regards

Hello, my name is George Bouris. If you check the source code of the page for the advanced search, you will easily locate the "searchForm" and, inside this the "lotID" text-input element. So, I'll use a template form, where I'll insert the value of the needed lotID (taken from the excel or csv file - my suggestion is for csv) and submit it. I'm not sure if the message "No Item(s) were found. Please try again!" returned in both cases: when a not existent lotID entered or when it's just out of stock. Anyway either locating this message or what it returns when lotID is temporary unavailable, I'll detect the situation that you're asking for. Answers to your questions 1. I'll write it in C#. In my opinion this is the easiest approach, both for the development of this utility and its maintenance. 2. The main objective of this project is for you to be updated via email, when a lotID is not available. 3. I think I have answered this question, already - at least for its core functionality. I assure you that I totally understand the need to send an email, when a lotID returns no results and all the details of the configuration and the rules for the repetition of the check. The only thing that I'd suggest to be done differently is the input and presentation of the configuration parameters. In my opinion they should be contained in the main form, so you can easily have the complete picture of the tool. Anyway, I can do it either way. Thanks

Hi, Your requirements are quite clear and straightforward to implement thanks to the detailed spec. you've shared. Since that's an automation project and a relatively small one the choice of language doesn't matter much in terms of technical suitability. However, that's a Windows application so the natural choice is c# since it's a first class citizen on Windows and have vast tools available for it because of Microsoft. The intention is obvious. The program will periodically search on the target website, bricklink, for the products listed in the excel file. In case they're not available anymore a predefined email address will be notified of the change. My first choice for such web automation projects is using raw http requests directly. It's not only easier to manage but also much more performant from the other option which browser emulation with selenium. With selenium a full blown browser instance is spawned and through the interface exposed we're able to control that browser. It is however a must for the websites relying on javascript since we can't execute js with raw http requests. The method will be clear after I examine the target site. About your last question btw, once the form is submitted the program will simply parse the html response and check for the data fields of interest possibly using xpath or dom directly. I expect the whole thing to take 5 days. As I've mentioned my choise is c# but if you prefer another one that's ok as well. Thanks Aydin

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Hello, I have checked the attached file, I have read complete details also. I am interested to work on this project, Please message me so we can discuss, Thank you.

Hi.. I read your documents.... Now here I'm going to give your answers.. 1. for develope this I'll use c# language. 2. Objective of this project : - it is just to develop an external tool from there you can get all information of that website.. when that website faces shortage of any product. and also you need to know the avability of any product.. apart from this that tools can send the notification automatically when he felt that there is shortage of any product.. and now 3rd and last.. 3. for access database I'll use web api services with using database configuration... for your tools I hope that this information will enough for you.. thanks