jet_blue_aycj_notifier.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

## JetBlue AYCJ Notifier
# So JetBlue doesn't want to tell us exactly when AYCJ-ers can book flights.  
# This script polls my inbox for any new e-mail from JetBlue and continually 
# contacts http://www.jetblue.com/aycj and sees if the "come back tomorrow" image is still there.
# If anything has changed or an error occurs, use's Mac OS "say" to dictate text and wake me up
# so I can book my damn flights.  I really wonder how many people are going to stay up tonight hitting the 
# refresh button every 10 seconds.

require "rubygems"
require "open-uri"
require "mime"
require "gmail"

def wake_me_up(message = "Wake up! Change to JetBlue.", repeat = 10)
  puts "Saying: #{message}"
  repeat.times { `say #{message}` }
end

while true do
  begin
    puts "[#{Time.now.to_s}] Checking AYCJ page for changes..."
    wake_me_up("JetBlue page changed!") unless open("http://www.jetblue.com/aycj/").read.gsub(/<!--(.*)-->/, '') =~ /interim.png/
  rescue
    wake_me_up("Could not read JetBlue Page: #{$!.message}", 1)
  end
  
  begin
    puts "[#{Time.now.to_s}] Checking E-mail for JetBlue Message..."
    gmail = Gmail.new("[email protected]", "mypassword")
    wake_me_up("New JetBlue E-mail") if gmail.in_label('JetBlue').count > 0
    gmail.logout
  rescue
    wake_me_up("Cannot connect to Gmail: #{$!.message}")
  end
  
  sleep 120
end