CraigsList "Free" section Scraper

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Status:	Closed (Project expired)
Selected Providers:	-
Budget:	$30-250
Created:	07/13/2008 at 11:03 EDT
Bidding Ends:	07/14/2008 at 11:03 EDT
Project Creator:	theirgrrreat   Buyer Rating: (No Feedback Yet)
Description:	I need a script that will scrape craigslist.org and save the information in an xml file. Only the United States "Free" section needs to be scraped and I need to ability to specify the US city (e.g. chicago), area (e.g. sox) and neighborhood (neighborhood should be optional since most cities don't offer this; see "sf bayarea", choose "sby", click "free" and notice the neighborhood dropdown). Here's the list of information that is needed from the scrape: URL of Post URL(s) of photos (if available) Title of Post "Reply to" Email Address Post Description Date Posted This script can be coded in Python (preferred) or Ruby Additional information submitted: 07/07/2008 at 1:59 EDT: The "Free" section that I refer to is denoted as "zip" in the URLs from Craigslist. Here's an example URL to a page that I would like to scrape with a neighborhood: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/zip/sby?query=&neighborhood=109 Here's an example URL to a page without a neighborhood: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/zip/
Job Type:	Python Ruby/Ruby on Rails
Database:	(None)
Operating system:	(None)
Bid count:	3
Average bid:	$ 47