What is this?

This is an Ansible playbook that can be used to send SMS notifications when a site becomes avaiable in a BC Campground of your choosing.

Inspired by: http://campalert.live/

Built with help from: https://github.com/hugsy/stuff/blob/ad6a345ab9e739d76cf5e6be3c0690ce23a298f1/bc_camping.py

How does it work?

It's an ansible playbook, so you'll need ansible. It could be imported into AWX and run on a schedule also.

$ ansible-playbook camping.yml

Step 1 - Install

Get all the libraries installed

$ pip install

Step 2 - Credentials

Insert your Twilio account_sid and auth_token in the /camping/defaults/main.yml. You'll need a Twilio account with a purchased phone number.

Step 3 - Set up your search criteria

Inser your search criteria in the /camping/defaults/main.yml file.

campsites

Add your campground ID's, you can get these from the camping API at https://bccrdr.usedirect.com

For example searching for Bear Creek

curl --request GET \
  --url https://bccrdr.usedirect.com/rdr/rdr/fd/citypark/namecontains/Bear

This returns an object - PlaceId is the ID you want

[
  {
    "CityParkId": 7,
    "Name": "Bear Creek",
    "Latitude": 49.928836,
    "Longitude": -119.516802,
    "IsActive": true,
    "EntityType": "Park",
    "EnterpriseId": 1,
    "ParkSize": "Medium",
    "PlaceId": 7
  }
]

number_of_nights

Self explanatory

What about the dates?

The date is hardcoded to today's date in the bccrdr.usedirect.combody.json.j2` file. You could modify it there or else add a new variable.

Can I customize the message?

Yes, the message can be customized in /templates/message.j2

What's the bc_camping.py file for

That was where the original inspiration came from and I tinkered with it a little to get it working. I've left it here so you can play with it also.