United Upgrades
A tool to find upgrade availability on United Airlines. Includes web front-end implementation.
united.js tool
The main component is a CasperJS script that goes through the United.com search process.
You will need to install:
- CasperJS
- PhantomJS (follow the instructions in CasperJS)
Run the tool with:
casperjs united.js [options] ORIGIN DESTINATION START END
Where options are:
--json: Output as JSON format--csv: Output as CSV file (useful for importing to Google Docs or Excel)- ORIGIN and DESTINATION should be a 3-letter airport code
- START and END should be US-formatted dates, eg MM/DD/YYY
Example
casperjs united.js --json SFO NRT 5/3/2013 6/1/2013
Linux users:
Be sure to use option --ignore-ssl-errors=yes when you run casperjs
casperjs --ignore-ssl-errors=yes united.js --json SFO NRT 5/3/2013 6/1/2013
Web tool
Inside of www/ is a Flask based web app frontend with 10 threads to run the united.js script remotely.