Finds an appointment for you at the Berliner Bürgeramt

buergerbot.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'open-uri'
require 'nokogiri'

def log (message) puts "  #{message}" end
def success (message) puts "+ #{message}" end
def fail (message) puts "- #{message}" end
def notify (message)
  success message.upcase
  system 'osascript -e \'Display notification "Bürgerbot" with title "%s"\'' % message
rescue StandardError => e
end

def osascript(script)
  system 'osascript', *script.split(/\n/).map { |line| ['-e', line] }.flatten
end

# Find the URL by searching on the website for the desired appointment type (e.g. get a passport/id card etc.) and paste the URL from the browser here
url = 'https://service.berlin.de/terminvereinbarung/termin/tag.php?termin=1&anliegen[]=121151&dienstleisterlist=122210,122217,122219,122227,122231,122238,122243,122252,122260,122262,122254,122271,122273,122277,122280,122282,122284,122291,122285,122286,122296,150230,122301,122297,122294,122312,122314,122304,122311,122309,317869,324433,325341,324434,122281,324414,122283,122279,122276,122274,122267,122246,122251,122257,122208,122226&herkunft=http%3A%2F%2Fservice.berlin.de%2Fdienstleistung%2F121151%2F'
loop do
  puts 'Retrying.'
  page = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))

  unbookable = page.css('.calendar-month-table:first-child td.nichtbuchbar')
  bookable = page.css('.calendar-month-table:first-child td.buchbar a')

  puts "There are #{unbookable.count} unbookable and #{bookable.count} bookable days this month"
  bookable.collect do |item|
    day = item.css('u span:first-child').first
    notify("Appointment on #{day.content}th")
  end

  unbookable_next = page.css('.calendar-month-table:nth-child(2) td.nichtbuchbar')
  bookable_next = page.css('.calendar-month-table:nth-child(2) td.buchbar a')

  puts "There are #{unbookable_next.count} unbookable and #{bookable_next.count} bookable days next month"
  bookable_next.collect do |item|
    day = item.css('u span:first-child').first
    notify("Appointment on #{day.content}th")
  end

  break if bookable.count > 0 || bookable_next.count > 0

  wait_for = 30 + Random.rand(30)
  puts "Wait for #{wait_for} seconds"
  sleep wait_for
end

osascript <<-END
 display notification "Found appointment" with title "Buergerbot"
END