Joe Junkin

I spent a long time messing with VieleRETS to try and download data from REIL. The short answer is that I failed to get it to work. I tried to debug the PHP code but was unable to identify why it was failing. Had I needed to get this to work I would have joined the mail-list group and tried to get some help from there, but I never got that far.

This is a very complete package that should have done exactly what I needed. It allows you to enter your login credentials and then connect to the RETS compatible MLS, download metadata, download data and keep it updated.

Unfortunately, I was unable to get this to work. The system is not very well documented at this point but certainly tries to do a lot. It did connect to REIL and downloaded some metadata. 

My best guess is that it was trying to download property information without qualifying the ‘listing_status’ parameter, and I could find no place where I could specify this information. REIL requires the listing status (or at least some constraint). The data queries failed when I tried to run the update saying there was no data.

I expect this package to get better quickly as it seems to have regular updates and is actively developed.

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