UK Covid testing alarm

covid_testing_alarm.py

import datetime
import time
import requests
import playsound #You might need to install pygobject if you get an error about missing "gi" module for this.

playsound.playsound("ding.mp3")  #You'll need a file here that is noisy
while True:
    try:
        r = requests.post(
            "https://ads-prd-gov-1-sp.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/testcentres/availabilityquery",
            headers={
                "authority": "ads-prd-gov-1-sp.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk",
                "accept": "application/json, text/plain, */*",
                "dnt": "1",
                "x-urlcode": "***GET THIS IN BROWSER DEV TOOLS FROM A REQUEST MADE BY THE WEBSITE***",
                "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.135 Safari/537.36",
                "content-type": "application/json",
                "origin": "https://test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk",
                "sec-fetch-site": "same-site",
                "sec-fetch-mode": "cors",
                "sec-fetch-dest": "empty",
                "referer": "https://test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/",
                "accept-language": "en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8",
            },
            json={
                "topLevelTestCentreId": "CVD19",
                "postcode": "***YOUR_POSTCODE***",
                "testCentreGroupIds": ["GR_RTS", "GR_STS", "GR_MTU", "GR_LTS"],
                "startDate": "** DATE IN THIS FORMAT : 2020-09-10T00:00:00**",
                "numberOfDays": 5,
                "appointmentTypeCode": "ATCOM05",
                "paging": {"currentPage": 1, "pageSize": 3},
            },
        ).json()
        print("Time:", datetime.datetime.now())
        if len(r["testCentres"]) == 0:
            print("Nothing!")
        for c in r["testCentres"]:
            print(
                c["testCentre"]["displayName"],
                c["geolocation"]["distance"],
                c["availability"]["availableSlots"],
            )
            if float(c["geolocation"]["distance"]) < 50:
                for i in range(20):
                    playsound.playsound("ding.mp3")

    except:
        playsound.playsound("ding.mp3")
    time.sleep(60)

# Example request and response from chrome dev tools:

# curl 'https://ads-prd-gov-1-sp.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/testcentres/availabilityquery' \
#   -H 'authority: ads-prd-gov-1-sp.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk' \
#   -H 'accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
#   -H 'dnt: 1' \
#   -H 'x-urlcode: YOUR_CODE_HERE' \
#   -H 'user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.135 Safari/537.36' \
#   -H 'content-type: application/json' \
#   -H 'origin: https://test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk' \
#   -H 'sec-fetch-site: same-site' \
#   -H 'sec-fetch-mode: cors' \
#   -H 'sec-fetch-dest: empty' \
#   -H 'referer: https://test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/' \
#   -H 'accept-language: en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8' \
#   --data-binary '{"topLevelTestCentreId":"CVD19","postcode":"YOUR_POSTCODE","testCentreGroupIds":["GR_RTS","GR_STS","GR_MTU"],"startDate":"2020-09-10T00:00:00","numberOfDays":5,"appointmentTypeCode":"ATCOM05","paging":{"currentPage":1,"pageSize":3}}' \
#   --compressed

#    {
#     "testCentres": [
#         {
#             "availability": {
#                 "availableSlots": 3,
#                 "slotsAvailableOn": ["2020-09-11T00:00:00"],
#             },
#             "geolocation": {"distance": 113.036529084286},
#             "testCentre": {
#                 "testCentreId": "LRC",
#                 "displayName": "Central Chester - Walk through site",
#                 "address": {
#                     "addressLine1": "Little Roodee Car Park",
#                     "town": "Chester",
#                     "postcode": "CH1 1SL",
#                 },
#                 "active": true,
#                 "testCentreGroupId": "GR_LTS",
#             },
#         },
#         {
#             "availability": {
#                 "availableSlots": 7,
#                 "slotsAvailableOn": ["2020-09-11T00:00:00"],
#             },
#             "geolocation": {"distance": 130.744753751102},
#             "testCentre": {
#                 "testCentreId": "KNH",
#                 "displayName": "Kirklees Ravensthorpe - Walk through site",
#                 "address": {
#                     "addressLine1": "Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing Car Park, Queen Street",
#                     "town": "Ravensthorpe",
#                     "postcode": "WF13 3BT",
#                 },
#                 "active": true,
#                 "testCentreGroupId": "GR_LTS",
#             },
#         },
#         {
#             "availability": {
#                 "availableSlots": 1,
#                 "slotsAvailableOn": ["2020-09-11T00:00:00"],
#             },
#             "geolocation": {"distance": 134.594445459396},
#             "testCentre": {
#                 "testCentreId": "CAL",
#                 "displayName": "Halifax Calderdale - Walk through site",
#                 "address": {
#                     "addressLine1": "Overflow Car Park, ASDA Halifax Superstore, Thrum Hall Lane",
#                     "town": "Halifax",
#                     "postcode": "HX1 4PG",
#                 },
#                 "active": true,
#                 "testCentreGroupId": "GR_LTS",
#             },
#         },
#     ],
#     "flagInvalidGeoLocation": false,
#     "customerCode": "XXXXXXX",
# }

Someone is making a lot of money by rationing the tests.