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.Â
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.