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uberpy

This script will help you gather data from the Uber API, including estimated waiting times and price surges at specific geocoded locations

Dependencies You Need to Install

Setup

You need to specify some things in a config file called config.conf. There is an example called config-example.conf that you can edit and save as config.conf.

  • First, add your own Uber API keys putting a comma in between each if you have more than one.
  • Next, edit the locations where you want to collect data by adding JSON objects of the form {"location_id": <int>, "latitude": <float>, "longitude": <float>}. You can put them in a list structure.
  • Specify the name of the output data file.
  • Set the interval in seconds to collect data. (Note: You need to do some math to figure out how often you can hit the APIs given the number of API keys you have. Each interval uses 2 API calls, one for price and one for estimated wait.

Run

Set it up to run indefinitely by using a command like: nohup python -u gatherUberData.py > nohup.txt &