README.md

Bürgeramt appointment finder

This server looks for Bürgeramt appointment every few seconds, and broadcasts the results via websockets. This is the code behind All About Berlin's Bürgeramt appointment finder

Setup

Standalone

1. Set the required environment variables:

   export [email protected]
   export BOOKING_TOOL_ID=johnsmith-dev
   

2. Run the appointment booking tool

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   python3 appointments.py
   

The tool outputs the appointments it finds and the errors to the console, and broadcasts them with websockets.

Docker

A Dockerfile is supplied with the repository.

Notes

The polling rate is limited to 180 seconds (3 minutes), as required by the Berlin.de IKT-ZMS team ([email protected]).