giveaway-grabber 🎁

This script will loop through all the Amazon giveaways and try to submit entries for them.

I wanted a reason to experiment with Puppeteer, so here goes.

Note: does not support entries that require following someone.

Installation

You can install giveaway-grabber using npm:

$ npm install -g giveaway-grabber

Or, you can clone this repo and run via npm start.

Usage

As CLI:

$ gg --username=fake@example.com --password=123456

If cloned:

Copy .env.example to .env, adding your own Amazon username and password.

$ npm start

Note that the script will crash if the Chrome window is minimized! Check the console to monitor feedback.

If it does happen to die, re-start it on any page like:

$ gg --username=fake@example.com --password=123456 --page=34

OR:

$ npm start -- --page=34

Two factor authentication

If you have two factor authentication enabled, add --2FA flag:

$ gg --username=fake@example.com --password=123456 --2FA

OR:

$ npm start -- --2FA

The script will wait for you to enter your code.

CAPTCHAs

Every so often Amazon will present a CAPTCHA. The script will pause at this point and wait for you to enter it. The console will warn you with an ENTER CAPTCHA! message, and you should get a system notification (only tested it on Windows 10).

Blacklist

If there are types of giveaways you always want to skip, you can add a comma separated list of keywords to a blacklist.

$ gg --username=fake@example.com --password=123456 --blacklist="perfume,kindle edition,floss"

or if cloned, add them to your .env file like BLACKLIST="perfume,kindle edition,floss".

Keywords are case insensitive. Note that they will match anything, so "cat" would match "cat" AND "vacation", etc.

The console will let you know when it skips giveaways that you marked as blacklisted like giveaway 5 is blacklisted [kindle edition].

Winning

If you are lucky enough to win, you should get a system notification and the url to the page will be logged like Winning Entry URL: https://amazon.com/ga/p/335...

Good luck!

Questions

If you have any questions, just open an issue.

Disclaimer

This project is not associated with Amazon in any way. I just created it for my own experimentation, so use at your own risk.

nikkadim/giveaway-grabber