dmv_road_test.py

# Inspired by https://gist.github.com/saikatbhadra/6629031
import mechanize
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from datetime import datetime
import random
import time


TGT_DATE = 'April 21, 2015' #i.e. 'September 30, 2014'
OFFICE_ID = '548' # officeid for RWC DMV. See HTML code for other office ids
TASK = 'DT'

form_url = 'https://www.dmv.ca.gov/wasapp/foa/findDriveTest.do'
def schedule(targetDate,name,officeId,telNumber,birthday,dlNumber,fromDate=None):
    tels = telNumber.split('-')
    births = birthday.split('-')
    names = name.split(' ')
    if not fromDate:
        fromDate = datetime.today()
        from_date = datetime.today().strftime("%B %d, %Y")
    else:
        from_date = datetime.strptime(fromDate,'%B %d, %Y')
    tgt_date = datetime.strptime(targetDate,'%B %d, %Y')
    # Browser
    br = mechanize.Browser()
    br.open(form_url)
    br.select_form(name="ApptForm")
    br['officeId']=[officeId]
    br.find_control(name="requestedTask").value = ["DT"]
    br['firstName'] = names[0]
    br['lastName'] = names[1]
    br['telArea'] = tels[0]
    br['telPrefix'] = tels[1]
    br['telSuffix'] = tels[2]
    br['dlNumber'] = dlNumber
    br['birthMonth'] = births[0]
    br['birthDay'] = births[1]
    br['birthYear'] = births[2]

    result = br.submit()
    result_html =  br.response().read()
    soup = BeautifulSoup(result_html)
    results = soup.findAll('p',class_="alert")
    logString = ""

    for result in results:
        if ('2015' in result.get_text()):
            appt_text = result.get_text()
            logString += "Earliest Appointment found is %s" %(appt_text)
            appt_date = datetime.strptime(appt_text,'%A, %B %d, %Y at %I:%M %p')

            if appt_date <= tgt_date and appt_date>=from_date:
                logString+= "\nCongratulations! You've found a date earlier than your target. Scheduling the appointment..."
                br.select_form(nr=4)
                r = br.submit()

                logString+= "\nConfirming the appointment..."
                br.select_form(nr=4)
                r = br.submit()
                s = BeautifulSoup(br.response().read())
                logString += "\nThe final step is to actually schedule it...Use it when necessary.\n"
                br.select_form(nr=4)
                r = br.submit()
                s = BeautifulSoup(br.response().read())
                print s
                # logString += br #print out relevant info related to the appointment
                print logString
                with open("test.txt", "a") as myfile:
                    myfile.write(logString)
                return True
            else:
                logString += "\nSorry there is no appointment available between date %s and %s"%(from_date,targetDate)
                logString += "\n"
                print logString
                with open("test.txt", "a") as myfile:
                    myfile.write(logString)
                return False

while not schedule(TGT_DATE,'FIRST LAST',OFFICE_ID,'111-222-3333','01-30-1980','DL00001','April 13, 2015'):
    waitTime = random.randint(60,600)
    time.sleep(waitTime)

Could you plz update the script....