A quick Hubot script to display Uber surge pricing from a particular point (LIKE AN OFFICE).

example.png

uber.coffee

# Description
#   Uber surge pricing magic checker.
#
# Commands:
#   hubot uber me - Show the surge pricing information from the SF office.
 
Table = require 'cli-table'
 
module.exports = (robot) ->
  robot.respond /uber me/i, (msg) ->
    params =
      'server_token': "#{process.env.HUBOT_UBER_TOKEN}"
      'start_latitude': 37.782093       # this'll take you from the GitHub office, sooooo
      'start_longitude': -122.391580    # your mileage (haha good one holman!) may vary
      'end_latitude': 37.786959
      'end_longitude': -122.397803
 
    msg.http("https://api.uber.com/v1/estimates/price").query(params).get() (err, res, body) ->
      table = new Table
        head: ['phat ride', 'surge pricing'],
        style: { head: false, border: [] }
 
      json = JSON.parse(body)
      for product in json["prices"]
        table.push [product["display_name"], product["surge_multiplier"]]
 
      msg.send "#{table}"

YMMV - I see what you did there

I really liked this idea so I fleshed it out a bit

https://github.com/maxbeatty/hubot-uber