Airbnb search query sample

airbnb.py

"""
Sample specific search query to airbnb returning list of new flats (compared to last run) as stdout (meant to be used as crontab).

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"""
import json
import pickle
import requests
from pprint import pprint


query = {
    'new_search': 'true',
    'search_view': '1',
    'min_bedrooms': '2',
    'min_bathrooms': '0',
    'min_beds': '2',
    'page': '1',
    'location': 'Barcelona, Spain',
    'checkin': '02/24/2012',
    'checkout': '07/01/2012',
    'quests': '2',
    'room_types[]': 'Entire home/apt',
    'sort': '4',
    'per_page': '21',
}

data = json.loads(resp.content)['properties']

flats = set()
for apartment in data:
    flats.add(apartment['id'])

try:
    p = pickle.load(open('airbnb_flats', 'r'))
except IOError:
    pass
else:
    for id_ in flats.difference(p):
        print 'http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/%s' % id_

pickle.dump(flats, open('airbnb_flats', 'w'))