Funda.nl new home notifier

This application sends notifications when new apartments are available on funda.nl for a given search.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.

Prerequisites

You will need to have the following software installed on your machine:

• Java 21
• Chromedriver

Running the application

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/robertciotoiu/fundanl-home-alert.git

2. Create a application.properties file in src/main/resources and add the following properties:

   notification.url=https://www.funda.nl/zoeken/huur?selected_area=%5B%22nijmegen,5km%22%5D&price=%22-1500%22&object_type=%5B%22house%22,%22apartment%22%5D&sort=%22date_down%22&floor_area=%2250-%22
   file.path=/full/path/to/file.txt
   scheduler.fixed-delay=2
   
   spring.mail.host=smtp.gmail.com
   spring.mail.port=587
   spring.mail.username=dummy@gmail.com
   spring.mail.password=dummy
   spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=true
   spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true
   
   mail.to=dummy@gmail.com

3. Go to funda.nl and search for the apartments you are interested in. Apply the filters you want and copy the URL. Paste it in the application.properties file as the value for the notification.url property.

4. Configure spring mail properties in application.properties to send emails from your email account. You can find more details here.

5. Configure mail.to property in application.properties to the email address you want to send notifications to.

6. Configure scheduler.fixed-delay property in application.properties to the interval you want to check for new apartments. I recommend at least 1 minute to not overload funda.nl servers.

7. Configure file.path property in application.properties if you want to store the new apartments in a file. This could be useful if you want to do analysis on the housing market.

8. Run the application

mvn clean install
mvn spring-boot:run

Built With

• Spring Boot - The web framework used
• Maven - Dependency Management
• Selenium - Browser automation framework

Authors

• Robert Ciotoiu - Initial work - robertciotoiu

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License - see the LICENSE.md file for details