A bot that helps you find an open Global Entry interview appointment
Project description
Global Entry Alerter
A bot that helps you find an open Global Entry interview appointment.
Problem
Booking an appointment for a Global Entry interview is hard, especially in cities with high demand like SF or NYC.
If you check for open appointments, there is typically nothing available for weeks, sometimes even months. However, appointments are actually constantly opening up, they just get booked very quickly.
This project polls the DHS Scheduler API for open Global Entry appointments, notifying you whenever a new one opens up. If the new appointment is convenient for you, book it immediately — otherwise it will be gone within a few minutes.
This project is not affiliated with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Example Usage
Requirements
Usage
Configure your settings in a config.toml
, set env vars, and leave the global-entry-alerter
running for as long as needed.
Once the script sends an alert about a particular appointment, it will keep that appointment in memory and won't notify you of it again. If you restart the script, it may re-send previously-seen appointments.
Installation
$ pip install global-entry-alerter
Running
To run the project:
- Create your own
config.toml
(see example_config.toml) - Configure your settings (see Configuration below)
- Set the following env variables using your Twilio account:
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER
global-entry-alerter --config ~/path_to_your/config.toml
Configuration
The project uses a .toml
configuration file for all settings.
See example_config.toml as a reference for your own config.toml
Setting | Description | Example Value |
---|---|---|
fetching.lookahead_weeks |
How many weeks from today to check for open appointments. E.g. if you want an appointment in the next month, use 4 weeks | 4 |
fetching.wait_seconds |
The interval between checks for open appointments. It is best to use a value <= 60 | 10 |
fetching.locations |
Which Global Entry interview locations to check. Accepts many locations for use cases where multiple locations are feasible (e.g. EWR or JFK if you live in NYC). See here for the full set of codes | [{ name = "JFK", code = 5140 }] |
sending.to_numbers |
The phone numbers to send alerts to. Include +1 (or whatever country code) | ["+11231231234"] |
Development
Pre-commit hooks
This project uses pre-commit to enforce linting on all commits. Install it with:
$ poetry run pre-commit install
Formatting
This project uses black and flake8 to enforce a consistent style. To format the project according to the rules, run:
make format
Test Mode
Running in test mode will fetch appointments using the settings in config.toml
, but will not actually send alerts.
Use this when developing to avoid incurring Twilio costs:
poetry run global-entry-alerter --test
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