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Amazon Single Unit Purchase Bot

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#781 opened on Oct 19, 2021

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Description

Bot to buy 1 unit from Amazon before Scalpers get to it.

Brief - Id like to make a bot that buys 1 specific item from amazon, as soon as it releases to beat the scalpers to it.

Programming Language

  • Python

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Research direction
Research Amazon's product page structure, use Selenium or Playwright for browser automation, implement a monitoring loop to detect product release, handle login and checkout automation. Consider using proxies and user agent rotation to avoid detection.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
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Feature
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3
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Over 1 week
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Active
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Mostly clear
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PythonGit
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45