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Post a car with Carpages

The desktop browser helper fills your vehicle, including its stock number and description, in a new Carpages tab. You click Decode, review the details, and click Save. Octane confirms the listing when its VIN returns through FTP.

Version 1.1.3 supports safely versioned edited-photo URLs, post.octaneauto.ca, and the original Octane Cloud Run portal address. Open Octane in the same Chrome or Edge profile where you install the helper.

One-time setup in Chrome or Edge

  1. Download the latest Octane Carpages Helper (1.1.3) and extract the ZIP into a permanent folder.
  2. Open your browser’s extensions page: chrome://extensions or edge://extensions.
  3. Enable Developer mode, choose Load unpacked, and select the extracted folder containing manifest.json.
  4. Sign in to Carpages, then refresh the Octane inventory page.

The helper uses your existing login. It does not store your password, click Decode, or save listings. Vehicle data is held temporarily for the new tab and expires after 30 minutes.

Updating an existing installation

Download the ZIP again and replace the files in the folder you originally loaded. Open your browser’s extensions page and click Reload on Octane Carpages Helper. Check that its version is 1.1.3. If the browser asks, allow the helper on post.octaneauto.ca, then refresh the Octane inventory page. Refreshing Carpages alone does not reconnect the helper. Finish or close any Carpages form already open before starting a new handoff.

Automatic updates

The Chrome Web Store installation is being prepared. This ZIP installation still requires the manual update steps above. Once the store version is approved, this page will provide its installation link. Install that version once to receive future published updates through Chrome.

For each vehicle

  1. Save the VIN, stock number, Estimated cost, Finance Price, description, exterior/interior colours, passengers, mileage in KM, and photos in Octane using 1. Save Changes. Estimated cost stays internal and is never sent to Carpages.
  2. Click 2. Open Carpages with extension. Wait for the helper’s upload message. Verify every photo finished uploading.
  3. Click Decode, review all fields including stock number and description, then click Save in Carpages.
  4. Return to Octane, enter your name, tick I confirm I uploaded this vehicle to Carpages and clicked Save, then click 3. Confirm saved in Carpages. Opening the helper alone keeps the car in Staging.
  5. The car stays in Waiting for Carpages until a newer FTP feed confirms this VIN, then moves automatically to Posted.

Price and description changes continue through the outgoing feed. The separate Octane inventory posting checks still apply before publishing to Octane’s public inventory.

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