NYC Subway Status is a gem that scrapes the MTA's Emergency Website (http://alert.mta.info/) using Watir and Nokogiri to display current status and details for New York City's subway system.
Installation is as easy as typing
$ gem install nyc_subway_status
then entering the command
$ nyc-subway-status
Enter nyc-subway-status on your command line to get the latest train status. Then enter the number of a train line, 'list' to list all trains, or 'exit' to shut it down.
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/chrissygonzalez/nyc_subway_status. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the NycSubwayStatus project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.