grandvizier / burgeramt

a script to check the burgeramt for available appt times and send an sms

Bürgeramt

a script to check the Bürgeramt for available appt times, and send an sms when there is an opening

Configure to run on Linux server

• install git, node, npm, java8

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install git nodejs npm oracle-java8-installer
  sudo ln -s `which nodejs` /usr/bin/node
  

• git clone this repo

• download selenium

  wget --max-redirect 5 -O selenium-server-standalone-2.48.2.jar http://goo.gl/PJUZfa

• npm install

• map phantom

  (check with phantomjs -v) might need to install git-lfs-linux-amd64-1.0.2

  sudo ln libs/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs
  sudo ln libs/phantomjs /usr/local/share/phantomjs
  sudo ln libs/phantomjs /usr/bin/phantomjs
  

• create an auth.json file

• create /var/log/selenium.log & /var/log/testing.log files

• start selenium on startup (in /etc/rc.local)

  java -jar /PATH_TO/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-2.48.2.jar >> /var/log/selenium.log 2>&1

• cron to run every 5 minutes between 7am & 10am

  */5 07,08,09 * * * /usr/bin/node /PATH_TO/burgeramt/check.js >> /var/log/testing.log 2>&1

burgeramt's Issues

feature request for Paul

• notification only if earlier than March 17th.
• wohnung anmeldung
• replace Marzahn
• add Rathaus spandau
• and heerstrasse in charlottenburg

(add link to all locations in comments: https://service.berlin.de/standorte/buergeraemter/ )