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HTML file automates finding new matches

In my reading list now are two articles on eHarmony from The Atlantic and from PBS, watch out for them.

Remember I told you I’m a “Find New Matches” addict? eHarmony gave me only two matches yesterday and only one match this morning. Fifteen thousand registrants yesterday and I get one match? That’s preposterous!

In exasperation I created a HTML page that cause eHarmony to search me new matches automatically every 10 minutes.� All I have do is log in to eHarmony, load the HTML file that’s saved to my desktop, then leave that browser window open.

The HTML will cause the browser to revisit the “Find New Matches” page after each specified period. I then check the results on another browser window. It’s really technology working for the betterment of mankind.

Here’s the code:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="600">
</head>
<frameset>
<frame src="https://www.eharmony.com/singles/servlet/user/findmatch" />
</frameset>
</html>
(Save the file on your computer – you do not need to upload it to any website. The “content=” tag specifies the number, in seconds, between every refresh.)

The “bonus” of this HTML is that the eHarmony login never times out anymore.

(13 March 07 update: I changed this a bit to get rid of the funny quote characters.)

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Comments 18

  1. scott wrote:

    Hmmm…I tried this html file thingy. Couldn’t get it to work. I thought I was pretty web savvy too…

    Posted 20 Jul 2006 at 7:02 pm
  2. eharmonyblog wrote:

    Oh, the code explodes in Internet Exploder. When you use IE, the eH server inserts a jsession id and looks for this id in every subsequent page request. Other browsers work. Cheers!

    Posted 20 Jul 2006 at 7:17 pm
  3. Anonymous wrote:

    is there any way someone can give me detailed instructions on how to do this b/c i am having some trouble?

    Posted 16 Jan 2007 at 8:08 pm
  4. Scott Grey wrote:

    I’d like to send my readers to this page, to take a look.

    If it’s a problem (I don’t suspect it would be, or I wouldn’t do it…) let me know.

    Posted 21 Feb 2007 at 6:25 am
  5. eharmonyguy wrote:

    Some of the browsers are trying to block what is called “content spoofing”, so it limits the location of a frame src to a local source. What I did to get around this was to create two files:

    MoreMatches.html

    Browser doesn’t support frames

    and menu.html

    Posted 11 Mar 2007 at 6:11 pm
  6. eharmonyguy wrote:

    Lets try this again…. not sure how to add html tags and not have them filtered out…

    Morematches.html

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN”
    “http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd”>

    <html>
    <head>
    <META HTTP-EQUIV=”refresh” CONTENT=”600″>
    </head>
    <frameset>
    <frame NAME=”pr_content” src=”menu.html”>
    </frame>
    </frameset>
    <NOFRAMES>
    Browser doesn’t support frames
    </NOFRAMES>
    </html>

    menu.html

    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
    <!–
    function switchpage()
    {
    parent.frames["pr_content"].location = ‘https://www.eharmony.com/singles/servlet/user/findmatch';
    }
    //–>
    </SCRIPT>

    <BODY onload=”javascript:switchpage();” />

    Posted 11 Mar 2007 at 6:15 pm
  7. Scott Grey wrote:

    I got the original script to work just fine.

    For those people who need directions on how to install this script, I describe it on my blog… It’s on http://eharmonycracked.blogspot.com/2007/03/use-script-get-more-matches.html

    Posted 13 Mar 2007 at 6:50 am
  8. eharmonyblog wrote:

    Thank you for using my invention, guys. Unfortunately ALL of you are men. It’s women who need more matches in eHarmony. Is the last ratio eH disclosed 68% women vs. 32% men or what?

    On the other hand, since you all know computers, perhaps you guys can write other scripts useful for eH members. For instance, how can I turn off the buggy javascript that watches what I type in the <textarea>s of stages 2 and 4 of the Guided Communication process? Got a solution for this? ;-) How about the apparently-random popup survey that asks how one felt about the propriety of a match — can I open that survey on command, when I particularly want to comment? Care to hack this?

    Scott, I fixed my post to use the <code> tag. eharmonyguy, next time use the <code> tag too.

    Posted 13 Mar 2007 at 9:40 am
  9. Scott Grey wrote:

    You’re kidding me, right? It took a lot of trial and error just to figure out how to run the script… I haven’t written any computer code since I got rid of my TRS-80. (To give you an idea… this webpage probably would take up all of the 48K of memory that beast had!)

    Posted 13 Mar 2007 at 9:57 am
  10. vicki wrote:

    I went through this process..when I log on to Eharmony and type in http://localhost:6670/eharmonyscript.html my progress is stalled at “waiting for local host…”
    Any suggestions?

    Posted 19 Mar 2007 at 6:13 am
  11. vicki wrote:

    Disregard previous message…It’s working..thanks!

    Posted 19 Mar 2007 at 3:49 pm
  12. Vaniece wrote:

    How can I define my criteria of what I want in a man on e-Harmony,,,,,they send me people from all over the country…(not practical),,and ages too young,,too old,,,etc…want Texas only,,200 miles or less from Marble Falls,,age 67 -75,,,no less and no more…

    Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 9:03 pm
  13. Vaniece wrote:

    Ten Four Over and Out,,,and what’s a “blog” anyway::::??????

    Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 9:04 pm
  14. eHarmony Blog wrote:

    Hi Vaniece,

    You define the criteria in your Match Settings. Click “My Settings” on your eHarmony screen.

    A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. eHarmony Blog has been reporting eHarmony-related events since July 2006.

    Posted 12 Apr 2008 at 1:48 pm
  15. tia forbes wrote:

    i look for friend to talk to

    Posted 25 Mar 2009 at 6:55 am
  16. Odin wrote:

    I followed all of the steps and the script is running every 10 minutes searching for new matches. However, I haven’t received any new matches. I keep getting the following message every time it completes the search: Our matching system was not able to find any new matches for you right now. Is this script working for anybody?

    Posted 27 Nov 2009 at 7:43 am
  17. BIG PERM wrote:

    Might need to update the script since the website has been updated. Not too sure but its my supposition as it looks like its not working now. :(

    Posted 17 Jan 2010 at 12:45 am
  18. MM wrote:

    I think the site now limits matches returned per day. I NEVER get new matches when I click the button, but I get about 7 new matches each morning.

    MM

    Posted 23 Jul 2010 at 1:20 am

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