This script polls the Gencon housing portal, displays available hotel rooms, and send alerts based upon user preferences.

This is written using Python 3.8, so please make sure you're using a modern version of Python

Getting The Token and Auth String

After logging in to the housing portal via your Gencon profile, you will have a link that looks something like this:

https://book.passkey.com/reg/32ZABCD-1234/01234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqr

This section is the value you should use for "housing-token"

32ZABCD-1234

This section is the value you should use for "housing-authstring"

01234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqr

Setup

Either clone the script

git clone https://github.com/overallcoma/gencon-hotels-lite.git

Or download the zip file

Or download and run the pre-compiled .exe for Windows users

Install required packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

Config File Setup

####You must create your own config file! ####Copy 'gencon-hotels-lite.cfg.example' to 'gencon-hotels-lite.cfg'

Modify the contents of gencon-hotels-lite.cfg to your requirements and save to gencon-hotes-lite.cfg The parameters do the following:

• housing-token - This is your housing token value

• housing-authstring = This is your housing auth string

• check-frequency = This is how often the script updates the data. Default is 60. I highly recommend you don't drop it below 10 or you will likely get errors after a while.

• check-in - The date you would like to check in (YYYY-MM-DD)

• check-out - The date you would like to check out (YYYY-MM-DD)

• search-skywalk - Set the filter to accept the word "Skywalk" for a desired room. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• search-blocks - Set the filter to accept "Blocks" as an acceptable distance measure. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• max-blocks - Maximum measure of blocks to have included in the results. Required if 'search-blocks' is 'true'.

• search-miles - Return results that have 'miles' in their distance measure. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• max-miles - Maximum measure of miles to have included in the results. Required if 'search-blocks' is set to 'true'.

• hotel-name-filter-enabled - Enable or disable filtering based on name of hotel. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• hotel-name-filter-keyword - If 'hotel-name-filter-enabled' is set to true, this is required and provided the same to include in the filtered results.

• hotel-room-filter-enabled - Enable or disable filtering based on keyword in the room type. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• hotel-room-filter-include - If 'hotel-room-filter-enabled' is set to 'true', this is required and provides the keyword that is required for a room to be included in search results.

• hotel-room-filter-exclude = If 'hotel-room-filter-enabled' is set to 'true', this provides the keyword that excludes a room from search results.

• send-email - Enables or Disables the sending of email alerts. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• send-sms - Enables or Disables the sending of SMS messages. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• send-twitter - Enables or Disables the sending of Twitter Alerts. Set to 'true' or 'false'.

• from-user - if send-email is set to "true", this is the source from which the alert email will be sent

• from-password - if send-email is set to "true", this is the password required for sending email from the "from-user" address

• send-to - if send-email is set to "true", this is a list of emails which will receive the alerts. Please add additional emails seperated with a comman and no spaces.

• smtp-server - if send-email is set to "true", this is the smtp server that will be used to send emails. Gmail is smtp.gmail.com.

• smtp-port - if send-email is set to "true", this is the port to use when communicating with the smtp server. I'd suggest 465.

• twilio-account-sid - if "send-sms" is set to true, this is your Twilio Account SID

• twilio-account-auth - if "send-sms" is set to true, this is your Twilio Auth Token

• from-number - if "send-sms" is set to true, this is the phone number from which the SMS messages will be sent

• to-numbers - if "send-sms" is set to true, this is a list of target phone numbers seperated with a comma and no spaces. For example - "+15555555555,+11231234567"

• twitter-consumer-key = if "send-twitter" is set to true, this is your Twitter API Consumer Key

• twitter-consumer-secret = if "send-twitter" is set to true, this is your Twitter API Consumer Secret

• twitter-access-token = if "send-twitter" is set to true, this is your Twitter API Access Token

• twitter-access-token-secret = if "send-twitter" is set to true, this is your Twitter API Access Token Secret

Modify this file and save to gencon-hotels-lite.cfg in the same folder as gencon-hotels-lite.py If you are not using email and/or sms, you can leave the fields blank with the exception of the "true" or "false" values which much be filled in.

Running the Script

To run the script, open a terminal (Linux, Mac) / command prompt (Windows) and run:

python gencon-hotels-lite.py

Alternatively - a Windows Binary is included

gencon-hotels-lite.exe

Output

The columns in the script's output are:

• Hotel Name -- The name of the hotel found that meets supplied search filters
• Distance -- How far away the hotel is. "Skywalk" means the hotel is connected to the ICC by a skywalk.
• DistancUnit -- The unit type of the 'Distance' measure. Usually either '*' for Skywahlk rooms, 'Blocks', or 'Miles'.
• Room Type -- The type of room - probably something like "Double/Double" or "King"
• Price -- The total price, before taxes/fees. Essentially the nightly rate times the number of nights.
• Inventory -- The number of rooms of this type that are available