book-it

book-it - Go Command Line Reservation Tool

Book-It is a command line tool written in Go that allows users to book reservations via the Resy API. This tool aims to allow you to book at those hard-to-get restaurants!

Installation

Currently, the program needs to be compiled locally by cloning this repo and running go build

# Clone the repository
git clone github.com/bthuilot/book-it
# cd into cloned repository
cd book-it
# Build the program
go build -o book-it

Usage

To use book-it, first export the following variables for authentication:

• RESY_EMAIL : The email address associated with your Resy account
• RESY_PASSWORD : The password for your Resy account

run the book-it command with the required flags:

Required Flags

NOTE: run with --help for most up-to-date docs

• -d, --date string: The date of when to book in 'mm/dd/yy' format.
• -p, --party-size int: The amount of people the reservation should be for.
• -t, --time string: The time to make the reservation for in kitchen time format (i.e. 3:04PM).
• -v, --venue-id int: ID of the venue you want to reserve from.

Optional Flags

• --include-types stringArray: Filter for what types of reservations to include, i.e. Booth, Outdoor, etc. Must match the exact name shown on Resy.
• -s, --time-spread int: The 'spread' of acceptable times. When set, the program will consider times within this duration of seconds from the targeted time to be acceptable reservations.
• -h, --help: Show help message and exit.

Examples

1. Running the tool from the CLI

export RESY_EMAIL="..."
export RESY_PASSWORD="..."
# Book an indoor reservation at UVA Next door (ID 50830) in NYC 
# for July 15, 2023 any time from 10-11PM (spread of 30min from 10:30)
book-it -v 50830 -d 07/15/23 -t 10:30PM -s 1800 -p 4 --include-types Indoor 

1. Setting up a cronjob to run at midnight (for those "booked in a second" restaurants)

0 0 * * * /home/$USER/book-it -v 12345 -d 07/15/23 -t 9:00PM -p2