nvidia-snatcher

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The purpose of this bot is to get an Nvidia card. It tries multiple things to do that.

• Currently, nvidia-snatcher is not capable of purchasing a card for you
• Scrapes multiple websites for patterns of being stocked
  • API requests are a work in progress (very soon)
• Opens browser when stock is available
• Sends an email to you when stock is avaiable (must have Gmail)

What you may see if you're lucky

2020-09-18T07:06:28.535Z info :: ✖ [nvidia] nvidia founders edition is still out of stock
2020-09-18T07:06:31.241Z info :: ✖ [nvidia] nvidia founders edition is still out of stock
2020-09-18T07:06:34.212Z info :: ✖ [bestbuy] nvidia founder edition is still out of stock
2020-09-18T07:06:39.878Z info :: ✖ [bandh] gigabyte black is still out of stock
2020-09-18T07:06:43.236Z info :: ✖ [bestbuy] gigabyte black is still out of stock
2020-09-18T07:06:43.318Z info :: ↗ trying stores again
2020-09-18T07:06:43.318Z info :: 🚀🚀🚀 [nvidia] nvidia founders edition IN STOCK 🚀🚀🚀
2020-09-18T07:06:43.318Z info :: https://store.nvidia.com/store/nvidia/en_US/buy/productID.5438481700/clearCart.yes/nextPage.QuickBuyCartPage

👉 You may get false positives from time to time, so I apologize for that. The library currently waits for all calls to be completed before parsing, but sometimes this can have unknown behavior. Patience is a virtue :)

	Adorama	Amazon	ASUS	EVGA	Best Buy	B&H	Micro Center	Newegg	Nvidia	Office Depot
3070
3080	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
3090

Installation and prerequisites

Linux, macOS, and Windows are all capable operating systems.

You do not need any computer skills, smarts, or anything of that nature. You are very capable as you have made it this far. Some basic understanding how a terminal, git, and or Node.js is a bonus, but that does not limit you to getting nvidia-snatcher running!

Quick overview

• Node.js 14
• git
• Clone this project git clone https://github.com/jef/nvidia-snatcher.git
• Run npm install
• Copy .env.example to a new file .env and edit the .env file to your liking using your favorite text editor
  • More on this in customization
• Run npm run start to start

At any point you want the program to stop, use Ctrl + C.

👉 Please visit the wiki if you need more help with installation.

Customization

To customize nvidia-snatcher, make a copy of .env-example as .env and make any changes to your liking. Note that all environment variables are optional.

Here is a list of variables that you can use to customize your newly copied .env file:

Environment variable	Description	Notes
DESKTOP_NOTIFICATIONS	Display desktop notifications using node-notifier; optional	Default: false
DISCORD_NOTIFY_GROUP	Discord group you would like to notify; optional	E.g.: @here
DISCORD_WEB_HOOK	Discord Web Hook URL
EMAIL_USERNAME	Gmail address	E.g.: [email protected]
EMAIL_PASSWORD	Gmail password	See below if you have MFA
HEADLESS	Puppeteer to run headless or not	Debugging related, default: true
IN_STOCK_WAIT_TIME	Time to wait between requests to the same store if it has cards in stock	In seconds, default: 0
LOG_LEVEL	Logging levels	Debugging related, default: info
OPEN_BROWSER	Toggle for whether or not the browser should open when item is found	Default: true
PAGE_TIMEOUT	Navigation Timeout in milliseconds	0 for infinite, default: 30000
PHONE_NUMBER	10 digit phone number	E.g.: 1234567890, email configuration required
PHONE_CARRIER	Supported carriers for SMS	Email configuration required
PLAY_SOUND	Play this sound notification if a card is found	E.g.: path/to/notification.wav, relative path accepted, valid formats: wav, mp3, flac, free sounds available
PUSHOVER_TOKEN	Pushover access token	Generate at https://pushover.net/apps/build
PUSHOVER_USER	Pushover username
PAGE_SLEEP_MIN	Minimum sleep time between queries of the same store	Default: 5000
PAGE_SLEEP_MAX	Maximum sleep time between queries of the same store	Default: 10000
SCREENSHOT	Capture screenshot of page if a card is found	Default: true
SHOW_ONLY_BRANDS	Filter to show specified brands	Comma separated, E.g.: evga,zotac
SHOW_ONLY_SERIES	Filter to show specified series	Comma separated, E.g.: 3080
SLACK_CHANNEL	Slack channel for posting	E.g., update, no need for #
SLACK_TOKEN	Slack API token
STORES	Supported stores you want to be scraped	Comma separated, default: nvidia
TELEGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN	Telegram access token
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID	Telegram chat ID
USER_AGENT	Custom User-Agent header for HTTP requests	Default: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/78.0.3904.108 Safari/537.36

👉 If you have multi-factor authentication (MFA), you will need to create an app password and use this instead of your Gmail password.

👉 You can find your computer's user agent by searching google for "my user agent"

👉 You can test your notification configuration by running npm run test:notification.

Supported stores

Stores	Environment variable
Adorama	adorama
Amazon	amazon
Amazon.ca	amazon-ca
ASUS	asus
Best Buy	bestbuy
B&H	bandh
EVGA	evga
Micro Center	microcenter
Newegg	newegg
Newegg.ca	newegg-ca
Nvidia	nvidia
Office Depot	officedepot

Supported carriers

Carrier	Environment variable	Notes
AT&T	att
Google	google
Mint	mint
Sprint	sprint
Telus	telus
T-Mobile	tmobile
Verizon	verizon	Works with Visible

FAQ

Q: What's Node.js and how do I install it? Visit their website and download and install it. Very straight forward. Otherwise, Google more information related to your system needs.

Q: Will this harm my computer? No.

Q: Have you gotten a card yet? No. 😢

Q: Will I get banned from of the stores? Perhaps, but getting a card is a nice outcome.

Q: I got a problem and need help! File an issue, I'll do my best to get to you. I work a full time job and this is only a hobby of mine.

Q: I'd love to contribute, how do I do that? Make a pull request! All contributions are welcome.

Q: Why do I have to download all this stuff just to get this bot working? Well, I would rather you didn't either. See #11.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the great contributors that make this project possible

Special shout to initial developers:

• @andirew
• @davidlbowman
• @fuckingrobot
• @ioncaza
• @malbert69