MetrolinkAdvisoryEmailer

Recieve emails when your trains are delayed.

This is set up to work with the following MetroLink lines:

• Antelope Valley
• Inland Empire-Orange County
• Orange County
• Riverside
• San Bernardino
• Ventura County
• 91/Perris Valley

Setup

You'll need python3 and pip. Instructions are here and here. Ensure python is added to path.

Then run pip install -r requirements.txt in the project folder.

You can now run the script with python .\advisories.py.

The script will install headless chromium on first run, which is required for the JS to runs against the website.

Running

There are two ways to run the script, one via passing arguments over command line, and the other using a config file.

Here's an example for passing cli arguments - python .\advisories.py --sender_email tklusz@gmail.com --app_password abcdefghijklmnop --reciever_email tklusz@gmail.com -t 806 -t 101 -t 201

And an example for using a config file - python .\advisories.py --config_file config_example.json

For an example of the config file, see config_example.json.

If you pass both CLI arguments and a config file, only the config file will be used.

The reciever_email is optional for both the config file and command line arguments, if unset it will use the sender_email as the reciever_email.

The script will also create a .metro_advisories_notified.txt file to avoid sending repeat advisories. It will clean itself up automatically over time.

Automation

You can run this on a linux server with cron which is probably the most simple way. Note that the requests_html library doesn't support ARM devices like raspbery pi and can be complex to set up with Docker.

This script is not endorsed, supported by, or affiliated with Metrolink.