This script will help you gather data from the Uber API, including estimated waiting times and price surges at specific geocoded locations
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.
Set it up to run indefinitely by using a command like: nohup python -u gatherUberData.py > nohup.txt &