How to automate an EBAY search

I would like to be able to automate a search on EBAY for specific items and then save the resulting pricing data into my own database. What programming language would I use for this?

 

I would do it in either VB.NET or ASP.NET (VB Backend) just because that's what I'm most familiar with: Essentially, you would create a Net.WebClient, and downloadString the url:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=YOUR SEARCH TERM HERE&category0=&submitSearch=Search

Then do your string parsing to find the values you are looking for. Remember when string parsing... regex is your best friend

 

I would have to suggest perl for this. Look up WWW::Mechanize

This would work extremely well for this as it is what it's made for. I will try and find some links for you.