Is there surge pricing around me right now? This little CLI utility will determine your location (currently OS X only) using location services and determine if surge pricing is active within your range.
$ npm -g install surger
$ surger
Location: Nearby East 2nd Street
uberX ✔ GOOD
uberXL ✔ GOOD
UberBLACK $ SURGE 2.8x
UberSUV $ SURGE 2.8x
uberT ✔ GOOD
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$ surger --debug !2882
debug.getCoords finding towers
debug.getCoords found 2 tower(s)
debug.getTowers err null
debug.getTowers towers [{"mac":"41:5f:32:5c:61:7c","ssid":"FiOS-02JG1","signal_level":"-90"},{"mac":"00:27:62:a4:14:81","ssid":"ARC","signal_level":"-62"}]
debug.getCoords finding location
debug.getLocation err null
debug.getLocation location {"accuracy":30,"latitude":31.0206837,"longitude":-76.02599699999999}
debug.getCoords confirming location
debug.handleCoords location confirmed from `getCoords`
debug.getPriceEstimateFromLatLng getting estimate
Location: Nearby Strout Street
debug.estimates estimates [["uberX"," ✔ GOOD "],["uberXL"," ✔ GOOD "],["uberX + Car Seat"," ✔ GOOD "],["UberBLACK"," ✔ GOOD "],["UberSUV"," ✔ GOOD "],["BLACK CAR + Car Seat"," ✔ GOOD "],["SUV + Car Seat"," ✔ GOOD "]]
uberX ✔ GOOD
uberXL ✔ GOOD
uberX + Car Seat ✔ GOOD
UberBLACK ✔ GOOD
UberSUV ✔ GOOD
BLACK CAR + Car Seat ✔ GOOD
SUV + Car Seat ✔ GOOD