The beginning of a screen scraper for AusPost's package tracking.

package_tracking.rb

def extract(doc_string)
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(doc_string)
  doc.css('#more-details-content .ed-details-row').map do |r|
    time      = Time.parse(r.at_css('.ed-date p').inner_text.strip)
    activity  = r.at_css('.ed-activity p').inner_text.strip
    location  = r.at_css('.ed-location p').inner_text.strip
    state     = location.match(/\s+(\w{2,3})$/)[1]
    suburb    = location.gsub(state, '').strip

    {
      :time => time,
      :activity => activity,
      :state =>  state,
      :suburb => suburb
    }
  end
end

# extract(HTTParty.get('http://auspost.com.au/track/track.html?exp=b&id=<CODE>'))
# => [{:time=>2020-09-13 10:54:00 +0930, :activity=>"Delivered", :state=>"SA", :suburb=>"TANUNDA"}, {:time=>2020-09-13 09:45:00 +0930, :activity=>"On board with driver for delivery today", :state=>"SA", :suburb=>"TANUNDA"}, {:time=>2020-09-13 06:52:00 +0930, :activity=>"In Transit", :state=>"SA", :suburb=>"TANUNDA"}, {:time=>2018-09-13 15:21:00 +0930, :activity=>"Received by Australia Post", :state=>"VIC", :suburb=>"WEST FOOTSCRAY"}]