Bus Reservation Automation

This script automates bus seat reservations for the Wellcome Genome Campus BusHub service.

Features

• Continuous Mode: Books buses for the next 2 weeks (default behavior)
• Home-Soon Mode: Continuously monitors for PM bus availability and books as soon as it becomes available

Usage

Continuous Mode (Default)

Books buses for the next 2 weeks based on your configuration:

python reserve_bus_seats_bushub.py
# or
python reserve_bus_seats_bushub.py continuous

Home-Soon Mode

Continuously monitors for PM bus availability and books immediately when available:

python reserve_bus_seats_bushub.py home-soon

You can also specify a custom check interval (in seconds):

python reserve_bus_seats_bushub.py home-soon --check-interval 60

Configuration

Required Files

1. login_details.txt: Contains your username and password in the format username,password
2. config.yaml: Defines your bus routes for each day of the week
3. bushub_cookie.txt: Contains your authentication cookie (automatically generated)

Config.yaml Format

days:
  Monday:
    AM:
      pickup: "Centennial Hotel - S"
      dropoff: "Wellcome Genome Campus"
    PM:
      pickup: "Wellcome Genome Campus"
      dropoff: "Brooklands Av - N (RQ)"
  # ... repeat for other days

How It Works

Continuous Mode

• Fetches the latest bus stop information from the API
• Updates busroutes.yaml with current route data
• Checks existing reservations to avoid duplicates
• Books buses for the next 2 weeks (weekdays only)

Home-Soon Mode

• Monitors only the PM route for today
• Checks every 30 seconds (configurable) for bus availability
• Books immediately when a bus with available seats is found
• Stops when a reservation is successfully made or manually interrupted

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Required packages: requests, yaml, beautifulsoup4

Install dependencies:

pip install requests pyyaml beautifulsoup4