Log Translink bus data

gather.js

/**
 * Quick and dirty snippet to log bus information provided by Translink mobile pages like: http://nb.translink.ca/StopMap/50322
 * Run using: $ node gather.js > log.js
 */
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
var last;

// Grab the ASP.NET_SessionId from a browser cookie.
var session = '...';

// Grab stop number hash from window.gsSPK from the console or from the value passed to fgVSMa() by the page.
var stopNo = '...';

setInterval(function() {
  var command = 'curl --cookie "ASP.NET_SessionId=' + session + ';" http://nb.translink.ca/rideapi.ashx?cp=gsab%2F' + stopNo;
  var child = exec(command, function(error, stdout, stderr){
    if (stdout != last) {
      last = stdout;
      console.log(stdout);
    }
  });
}, 10000);