This bot helped me snag an RTX 3070... hopefully it will help you get your hands on your next CPU, GPU, or game console.
You will also need one of the following:
- Discord Webhook URL
- Slack Webhook URL
- Telegram Webhook URL and Chat ID
- SMTP relay to send automated emails
These steps should work on any supported Docker platform, but they have been specifically tested on Raspberry Pi OS with Docker already installed.
- Clone this repository and pull the latest image from Docker Hub:
pi@raspberrypi:~
$ git clone https://github.com/EricJMarti/inventory-hunter
pi@raspberrypi:~
$ cd inventory-hunter
pi@raspberrypi:~/inventory-hunter
$ docker pull ericjmarti/inventory-hunter:latest
- Create your own configuration file based on one of the provided examples:
- Amazon RTX 3080 config
- Best Buy RTX 3060 Ti config
- B&H Photo Video RTX 3070 config
- Micro Center RTX 3070 config
- Newegg RTX 3070 config
- Start the Docker container using the provided
docker_run.bash
script, specifying the required arguments.
If using Discord or Slack, the format of your command will look like this:
$ ./docker_run.bash -c <config_file> -a <discord_or_slack> -w <webhook_url>
# Discord example:
pi@raspberrypi:~/inventory-hunter
$ ./docker_run.bash -c ./config/newegg_rtx_3070.yaml -a discord -w https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...
If using an SMTP relay, the format of your command will look like this:
$ ./docker_run.bash -c <config_file> -e <email_address> -r <relay_ip_address>
# SMTP example:
pi@raspberrypi:~/inventory-hunter
$ ./docker_run.bash -c ./config/newegg_rtx_3070.yaml -e [email protected] -r 127.0.0.1
The general idea is if you can get notified as soon as a product becomes in stock, you might have a chance to purchase it before scalpers clear out inventory. This script continually refreshes a set of URLs, looking for the "add to cart" phrase. Once detected, an automated alert is sent, giving you an opportunity to react.
Before developing inventory-hunter, I used several existing services without any luck. By the time I received an alert, the product had already been scalped. This bot alerts faster than existing trackers for several reasons:
- it runs on your own hardware, so no processing time is spent servicing other users
- you get to choose which products you want to track
- you are in control of the refresh frequency
I sure hope this doesn't happen... 2020 is bad enough already. My hope is that inventory-hunter levels the playing field a bit by giving real customers a better opportunity than they had previously. Serious scalpers will continue using automated checkout bots, and it is up to online retailers to combat this malarkey.
No, but I highly recommend it. If you know your way around python and pip/conda, then you should be able to replicate the environment I created using Docker.