Hey all, I am new to programming and was wondering what the best programming language would be to write a script that uses a product feed from say Amazon and then auto-updates my site to say if the item is in stock or not. This would auto refresh every few minutes so I would not have to worry about manually updating databases. There are several product tracker websites out there, however I am not sure how they do this. As an example. here is one: http://www.nowinstock.net/ This does exactly what I am looking for. It looks at the inventory on a website such as Amazon or Target and then auto-updates every few minutes to show if something is in or out of stock. Does anyone know how this would be created or the best place to start would be? Thanks in advance!
I've never done it, but I assume that Amazon has some way to notify you that someone bought a product from you. From there on it's a standard inventory program - deduct the number of units sold from your stock. When you reach the reorder point, restock. Language? Whichever one you're most comfortable with. I can't think of a programming language you couldn't use for this. (It would mainly depend on how Amazon notifies you of the sale.)