JBidWatcher: eBay bidding, sniping & monitoring software for all

[scwalla]

Alright guys,

I get the following error when I try to sync with My Ebay:

Fri Aug 25 16:12:34 BST 2006: Loading page: http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=MyeBayBidding
Fri Aug 25 16:12:36 BST 2006: PMQ Caught exception: XMLParseException: XML Parse Exception during parsing of a input-tag at line 1: Value missing for attribute with key "disabled"
XMLParseException: XML Parse Exception during parsing of a input-tag at line 1: Value missing for attribute with key "disabled"
at XMLElement.valueMissingForAttribute(XMLElement.jav a:1368)
at XMLElement.scanOneAttribute(XMLElement.java:1003)
at XMLElement.scanAttributes(XMLElement.java:727)
at XMLElement.parseCharArray(XMLElement.java:623)
at XMLElement.parseCharArray(XMLElement.java:605)
at XMLElement.parseString(XMLElement.java:537)
at JHTML$Form.addInput(JHTML.java:160)
at JHTML.addToken(JHTML.java:252)
at JHTMLParser.addToken(JHTMLParser.java:202)
at JHTMLParser.parse(JHTMLParser.java:129)
at JHTMLParser.<init>(JHTMLParser.java:41)
at JHTML.<init>(JHTML.java:43)
at SpecificAuction.preParseAuction(SpecificAuction.ja va:38)
at AuctionServer.loadAuction(AuctionServer.java:662)
at AuctionServer.addAuction(AuctionServer.java:549)
at AuctionEntry.prepareAuctionEntry(AuctionEntry.java :257)
at AuctionEntry.<init>(AuctionEntry.java:302)
at AuctionsManager.newAuctionEntry(AuctionsManager.ja va:320)
at JBWDropHandler.messageAction(JBWDropHandler.java:4 8)
at PlainMessageQueue.run(PlainMessageQueue.java:70)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Fri Aug 25 16:12:37 BST 2006: No items on page!


Any ideas?


MTIA

Jimmy

Me too! I can't load from MyEbay, searches don't work, can't even add a new auction manually. I also get the following errors at start-up:

/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:70: Engine "ubuntulooks" is unsupported, ignoring
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:240: Priority specification is unsupported, ignoring
Fri Aug 25 12:10:05 EDT 2006: Getting the sign in cookie. [mist-net@ebay: Error communicating with server/25-Aug-2006 12:10:04 EDT]

I'm guessing that "Error communicating with server" is not good!

Is Jbidwatcher currently working for anyone?

[treborblack]

Thanks for the tutorial, the proggy works a treat
however on my install on the menu its shown up under lost and found. how do i correct that?

[stani]

Thanks for the tutorial, the proggy works a treat
however on my install on the menu its shown up under lost and found. how do i correct that?

I think I forgot to add "Categories=Network" to the desktop file. I updated my first post, so you can copy & paste from there.

Me too! I can't load from MyEbay, searches don't work, can't even add a new auction manually. I also get the following errors at start-up:

/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:70: Engine "ubuntulooks" is unsupported, ignoring
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:240: Priority specification is unsupported, ignoring

You can ignore these messages. They appear for me as well.

Fri Aug 25 12:10:05 EDT 2006: Getting the sign in cookie. [mist-net@ebay: Error communicating with server/25-Aug-2006 12:10:04 EDT]

I'm guessing that "Error communicating with server" is not good!

Is Jbidwatcher currently working for anyone?

Yes it does. Are you sure your username and password are set correctly and that you are using SUN java?

[Quid]

I have yet to install this on my new Ubuntu install ( feisty), but I thought my research would help others.
http://www.jbidwatcher.com/
is the link for the origin of JBidWatcher.

They note that there is a new version to take into account ebay changing formats - excerpt:

News Flash (August 11, 2007) -- JBidwatcher 1.0.2 is released.
This version fixes the multiple breakages eBay introduced over the last few weeks, including changing the title format, removing (then adding back) the end date, and start date, many changes to different listing types, the change of the official time server URL,

This may account for the flurry of issues -

Does anyone know if the mutliverse packages have been updated?

Ubuntu Rules!
Bruce from Canada

[An85Zk9tc8rfjV8i]

Introduction

As the jbidwatcher howto for Ubuntu 5.10 got outdated, I post a new howto for dapper & edgy. However I'd like to thank foxy123 for his initial howto and he deserves the credits.


jBidWatcher

From the jBidWatcher website:


You need the latest release as the older ones are not able to communicate with ebay anymore. In case there is a new version, let me know and I'll update this howto.About this version:

JBidwatcher 2.0beta11, a critical bugfix version, is available
http://www.jbidwatcher.com/download/...-2.0beta11.jar

Java Downloads for Linux
Recommended Version 6 Update 11
http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp

synaptic :
search : "sun java" for sun-java6-jre

[nova47]

For the newbies like me:

They're now on version 2.0 so instead of typing:
sudo wget http://www.jbidwatcher.com/download/JBidWatcher-1.0.jar

Type

sudo wget http://www.jbidwatcher.com/download/JBidwatcher-2.0.jar

For some reason the W was changed to a w which threw me off a bit

This has already been mentioned but they've also updated to java v.6 so chances are you won't need to install the java in the walkthrough. I suggest you check /usr/local/share/java$ sudo update-alternatives --config java before you install any new java. Chances are (particularly if you do any programming) you'll already have an entry that says something like this

/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

Just make that your default and it will run just fine. If you don't have it you can find it in the synaptic packet manager. I also just discovered that jbidwatcher itself is now in the synaptic package manager if you want to save yourself some trouble.

[raddad]

Ok, I followed these instructions except I skipped the java portion because I have java working. (and current jbid is 2.0.2) The menu shows jbidwatcher but nothing happens when I select it.

So I went to the java config part, selected what looked close to what you suggested:

There are 5 alternatives which provide `java'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
1 /usr/bin/gij-4.2
2 /usr/bin/gij-4.1
3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
+ 4 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
* 5 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

I chose #5.

Still nothing happens.

Any suggested fixes? Where did I goof?

Introduction

As the jbidwatcher howto for Ubuntu 5.10 got outdated, I post a new howto for dapper & edgy. However I'd like to thank foxy123 for his initial howto and he deserves the credits.


jBidWatcher

From the jBidWatcher website:


You need the latest release as the older ones are not able to communicate with ebay anymore. In case there is a new version, let me know and I'll update this howto.About this version:


To install jBidWatcher, just copy these statements in a shell:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/java
cd /usr/local/share/java
sudo wget http://www.jbidwatcher.com/jbidwatch.jpg
sudo wget http://www.jbidwatcher.com/download/JBidWatcher-1.0.jar
sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/jbidwatcher

This will open a text editor, paste the following text:

#!/bin/sh
java -jar /usr/local/share/java/JBidWatcher-1.0.jar

Now make this script executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jbidwatcher

Sun Java

In order to use jBidWatcher you need to install sun-java. JBidWatcher doesn't work with another version of Java! You can find more info about installing sun-java here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

To be short: if you have the multiverse repositories enabled, you can install it like this:

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-bin

...and make sure it is the default:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

Menu entry

Paste the following in the terminal:

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/jBidWatcher.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=eBay bidding, sniping & monitoring
Name=jBidWatcher
Exec=jbidwatcher
Terminal=false
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Icon=/usr/local/share/java/jbidwatch.jpg
Categories=Network

Background

If you wonder why to use this tool, read these articles:
On Ebay, it pays to snipe
How to win on Ebay: snipe!

[charonred]

I've just installed jbidwatcher 1.0.2 via Synaptic in Hardy 8.04.3

Soon as I ran it, I was informed of a newer version which I have now downloaded

JBidwatcher-2.1pre4.jar

but I don't know how to install from a .jar

[for56gt]

Sniping issue : when sniping a higher price than the winning bidder I do not obtain the item.
Under the "complete" tab my price is preceded by a little star (or asterik).
Does one knows what it means? Thank You

[sdowney717]

"but I don't know how to install from a .jar"

jar is just the binary. you run it with a java command line
java -jar name.jar

so like this in the directory where the jar file is located
java -jar JBidwatcher-2.1pre4.jar