Carousell GoBot

A Carousell.sg automation bot written in Golang

WARNING: NIGHTLY RELEASES ONLY. Expect bugs and possibly breaking changes every update.

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About The Project

Demo

Initial auto-reply

Low-balling detection

Lower official offer detection

Forwarding to other chat services

Reminders & Commands

Built With

• golang
• gorrilla/websocket
• dlclark/regexp2
• dop251/goja
  • jarylc/go-chrono
    • wanasit/chrono
• jarylc/go-chromedpproxy
• Davincible/chromedp-undetected

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Docker (recommended)

1. Prepare configuration file

1. Click here to download the latest sample config
2. Rename config.sample.yaml to config.yaml
3. Edit config.yaml with your configurations (breakdown below)

2a. Docker Run

docker run -it -d \
  --name carousell-gobot \
  -e TZ=Asia/Singapore \
  -e INSTALL_CHROME=1 `# OPTIONAL: install Chromium before start for username & password login support` \
  -p 9221:9221 `# OPTIONAL: configured forward port for front-end portal (for 2FA & Captcha entries)` \
  -v /path/to/config/folder:/data \
  jarylc/carousell-gobot

2b. Docker-compose

carousell-gobot:
    image: jarylc/carousell-gobot
    environment:
      - TZ=Asia/Singapore
      - INSTALL_CHROME=1 # OPTIONAL: install Chromium before start for username & password login support
    ports:
      - "9221:9221" # OPTIONAL: configured forward port for front-end portal (for 2FA & Captcha entries)
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config/folder:/data

Binaries

1. Visit here to view and download the latest build artifacts / Alternatively, build it yourself with instructions below
2. Click here to download the latest sample config
3. Rename config.sample.yaml to config.yaml
4. Edit config.yaml with your configurations (breakdown below)
5. Run the binary

Note: you can also specify path to config using -c /path/to/config.yaml and path to state using -s /path/to/state.json

Development

Building native binary

$ cd /path/to/project/folder
$ go build -ldflags="-w -s"

Building for 64-bit Windows

$ cd /path/to/project/folder
$ GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-w -s"

Docker build

$ cd /path/to/project/folder
$ docker build .

Usage

If username and password not specified, get Carousell.sg Cookie and Token

Firefox

1. Go to https://www.carousell.sg/ds/api/1.0/chat/token/?_path=/1.0/chat/token/
2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+E / ⌘+⌥+E
3. Refresh the page
4. 
5. Copy the value of token for token as well

Chrome

1. Go to https://www.carousell.sg/ds/api/1.0/chat/token/?_path=/1.0/chat/token/
2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+C / ⌘+⌥+C
3. Click on Network tab
4. Refresh the page
5. 
6. Copy the value of token for token as well

Commands (prefixed with command_prefix configuration)

Currently, only your account can send these commands:

• sched/schedule/remind/reminder/deal - schedule a deal and set reminders based on reminders configuration
  • arguments: date/day and time (optional)
  • if no arguments, it will read the most recent reply and response
  • uses natural date processing. ELI5: something like a simple AI to detect dates in sentences.
• cancel/del/delete - cancel deal & reminders
• faq - resend the FAQ
• contact - send contact details
• stop - immediately stop the bot

Configuration

Sample

https://gitlab.com/jarylc/carousell-gobot/-/blob/master/config.sample.yaml

Breakdown

• application - application related configurations
  • base_url - base URL of front-end portal (to be sent to forwarders on 2FA or Captcha requests)
  • portal_listener - listen address for front-end
  • chrome_listener - listen address for Chrome remote debugger
• carousell - Carousell related configurations
  • cookie - either this and token or username and password or both are required, entire value inside Cookie header from above
  • token - either this and cookie or username and password or both are required, retrieved from https://www.carousell.sg/ds/api/1.0/chat/token/?_path=/1.0/chat/token/ after logging in
  • username - either this or cookie and token or both are required, specify username for automatic session renewal (if Docker, make sure to run with env INSTALL_CHROME=1)
  • password - either this or cookie and token or both are required, specify password for automatic session renewal (if Docker, make sure to run with env INSTALL_CHROME=1)
  • ping_interval - interval to ping Carousell to check connectivity
  • low_ball - percentage of price to be considered low-ball in decimal notation
• message_templates - message templates
  • faq - frequently answered questions (optional, leave empty if not required)
  • initial - new chat initial greeting (placeholders available)
    • {{NAME}} - name of sender
    • {{ITEM}} - name of item
  • not_available - chat message on a listing that is sold, reserved or deleted (placeholders available)
    • {{REASON}} - reason why listing is not available anymore
  • offered - official offer using Carousell's offer button (placeholders available)
    • {{OFFER}} - offer value
  • possible_offer - offer value detected from previously sent message (placeholders available)
    • {{OFFER}} - offer value
  • lower_offer - official offer value was decreased from possible offer, buyer being cheeky?
  • low_balled - low-balled (placeholders available)
    • {{PERCENT}} - low-ball percent configured in configuration in percent notation
  • contact - contact details reply for contact command
  • reminder - reminder (placeholders available)
    • `{{HOURS}}' - hours remaining till scheduled time
• reminders - list of hours to set reminders for on every deal (optional, leave empty if none)
• command_prefix - prefix to use for the app to detect as a command
• state_prune - number of days to keep items in state after last activity
• forwarders - list of forwarders (optional, [] if none)
  • for telegram (guide: https://core.telegram.org/bots):

    • - type: telegram
        token: '1234567890:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcde1234' # bot token
        chat_id: 87654321 # chat id
        message_templates:
        standard: |- # standard message
          *Carousell Chat/Offer*
          [{{NAME}} - {{ITEM}}](https://www.carousell.sg/inbox/{{ID}})
          ${{OFFER}}
          {{FLAGS}}
        reminder: |- # reminder message
          *Carousell Deal Reminder*
          [{{ITEM}}](https://www.carousell.sg/inbox/{{ID}})
          Deal ${{OFFER}} in {{HOURS}} hour(s)!

  • for discord (webhook only, guide: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks):

    • - type: discord
        webhook_url: 'https://discord.com/api/webhooks/012345678910111213/lrennsXdocFAKEdOWAkpWEBHOOKMrMMcXa_FcmCURLUMNU_STsnbKVTRirmvLccmvkpA' # webhook url
        message_templates:
        standard: |- # standard message
          **Carousell Chat/Offer**
          [{{NAME}} - {{ITEM}}](https://www.carousell.sg/inbox/{{ID}})
          ${{OFFER}}
          {{FLAGS}}
        reminder: |- # reminder message
          **Carousell Reminder**
          [{{ITEM}}](https://www.carousell.sg/inbox/{{ID}})
          Deal ${{OFFER}} in {{HOURS}} hour(s)!

  • for slack (webhook only, guide: https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks):

    • - type: slack
        webhook_url: 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/T1234GN5678/B1FAKEZNRCM/fPoWEBHOOK2Yyn3oURLOjW4J' # webhook url
        message_templates:
        standard: |- # standard message
          *Carousell Chat/Offer*
          <https://www.carousell.sg/inbox/{{ID}}|{{NAME}} - {{ITEM}}>
          ${{OFFER}}
          {{FLAGS}}
        reminder: |- # reminder message
          *Carousell Reminder*
          <https://www.carousell.sg/inbox/{{ID}}|{{ITEM}}>
          Deal ${{OFFER}} in {{HOURS}} hour(s)!

Roadmap

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

Contributing

Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

License

Distributed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V3. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

Jaryl Chng - git@jarylchng.com

https://jarylchng.com

Project Link: https://gitlab.com/jarylc/carousell-gobot/