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I added a bunch of error handling and now everything about the data getting processed is automated using scheduled tasks, batch scripts and the lovely firefox.
This is pretty exciting because it means I won’t have to remember anything, and the
data will get updated automagically. It also means that the new data will appear predictably at the same time each week for you. No more wondering when you can check out the latest sales in your neighborhood.
Well, it looks like whomever was sick last friday is there now. The data that was missing is there now!
Our data is updated now. Enjoy.
Well, that was a real bummer.
Today I used my own site, BayAreaSoldHomes.com, to check out the properties that are selling in my neighborhood, and there’s no data for this past week!
Ugh.
As it turns out, the San Francisco Chronicle never updated their information.
So, my automated process to update my data hummed along, and didn’t get any data because there wasn’t any. I suppose this is a lesson that I really do need better error handling. As it is, this script was thrown together just to get the automation started. And the funny thing is, I had just sat down tonight to fix it up some more.
The point is that there will be no more data until the Chronicle updates theirs.