Been hunting Dell C6420 and HPE Apollo 2000 on auction sites for few months. Made Python script that monitors 12 sites, sends Discord alert when specific chassis appears with my target specs.
Script is messy but works. Uses BeautifulSoup + requests, checks every 15 minutes. Filter by:
- Chassis model (exact match or regex)
- Minimum CPU generation
- RAM floor
- Price ceiling
- Seller rating threshold
Posted code on my GitHub, link in profile. It's not pretty, has site-specific parsers that break when they redesign.
Community asked for improvements before. Made test order with one suggestion last month, worked great. Now looking for:
- Better handling of JS-rendered sites (Selenium? Playwright? Heavy for VPS)
- Price prediction — some auctions I bid too low, others way too high
- Machine learning is probably overkill but curious if anyone tried
What would you add? Cheers