rescheduling doesnt work. about visa_rescheduler

[breakertt]

@breakertt what is the fix for the user-agent?

See #9

[DrorDvash]

Deprecated lines were replaced + I replaced the DAYS_IN_COUNTRY (non-existing variable) with FACILITY_ID:

data = {       
        "utf8": driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value='utf8').get_attribute('value'),
        "authenticity_token": driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value='authenticity_token').get_attribute('value'),
        "confirmed_limit_message": driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value='confirmed_limit_message').get_attribute('value'),
        "use_consulate_appointment_capacity": driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value='use_consulate_appointment_capacity').get_attribute('value'),
        "appointments[consulate_appointment][facility_id]": FACILITY_ID,
        "appointments[consulate_appointment][date]": date,
        "appointments[consulate_appointment][time]": time,
}

And still.... automatic rescheduling is failing. Does anyone figure it out?

EDIT: I'm testing the User-Agent as mentioned in #9, I'll update soon.

EDIT2: it's working.
NOTE: if you are using a different displaying language, you need to change the strings at this line:
if(r.text.find('Successfully Scheduled') != -1):
replace Successfully Scheduled with your correct string for your language, and the if statement will work.

NOTE2: this is only for the send_notification function, this will not affect the automatic rescheduling!

[breakertt]

It is totally valid if one gets time successfully but fails in rescheduling. There is no guarantee that one can reschedule if one gets the time. Just imagine someonelse's bot is much faster than you.

Maybe not the case, because the opening was still available after the reschedule failed. Perhaps because it failed the first time and it doesn't retry after that.

See #7 (comment)

[pipperonipizza]

To elaborate on what @patelakash317 mentioned, I believe what's happening right now is that the program is fetching a bunch of available dates but there's no time slot associated with them (get_time returns None), so the reschedule fails. Even if you were to go on your portal and select those dates manually, you wouldn't be able to see any time slots (the dropdown menu is empty). I'm not sure why those dates are available on the portal even though they're already taken. Or perhaps they're available but since we're using this script to query constantly, the website somehow prevents us from accessing them. Currently, on my portal, I can view at least 18 available dates before my current appointment date but they all have no timeslots associated with them so I can't reschedule.

I would appreciate it if anyone has any insight on this.

EDIT: It seems like the issue I mentioned was a one-time thing that resolved itself after a day. Apparently, some other people also saw a lot of dates with no times associated with them on that same day, so it was most likely a bug on the website itself. It hasn't happened to me again since then. I can also attest to the fact that the script still works. I was able to move my appointment all the way from May 2024 to April 2023 after running it constantly for about a week. Thanks for the creating the script.

[minziyu]

managed to get the script to work with 20 second intervals, the location im looking at is in high demand. however, the automated rescheduling isnt working and i have to manually select after an appointment has been found. has anyone fixed it?

I have the same problem as you, and my location is also London. It always shows "reschedule fails". May I ask whether you have fixed that?

[firemover]

Same here for another country. Found interval only once, but:

Starting Reschedule (2022-08-23)
Got time successfully! 2022-08-23 08:35
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:173: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "utf8": driver.find_element_by_name('utf8').get_attribute('value'),
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:174: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "authenticity_token": driver.find_element_by_name('authenticity_token').get_attribute('value'),
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:175: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "confirmed_limit_message": driver.find_element_by_name('confirmed_limit_message').get_attribute('value'),
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:176: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "use_consulate_appointment_capacity": driver.find_element_by_name('use_consulate_appointment_capacity').get_attribute('value'),
Sending notification: Reschedule Failed. 2022-08-23 08:35
Sending notification: date: 2022-08-23; 

May it fail because of deprecated parts in a code?

[minziyu]

Same here for another country. Found interval only once, but:

Starting Reschedule (2022-08-23)
Got time successfully! 2022-08-23 08:35
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:173: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "utf8": driver.find_element_by_name('utf8').get_attribute('value'),
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:174: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "authenticity_token": driver.find_element_by_name('authenticity_token').get_attribute('value'),
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:175: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "confirmed_limit_message": driver.find_element_by_name('confirmed_limit_message').get_attribute('value'),
c:\Users\XXX\Documents\visa_rescheduler-main\visa.py:176: DeprecationWarning: find_element_by_name is deprecated. Please use find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) instead
  "use_consulate_appointment_capacity": driver.find_element_by_name('use_consulate_appointment_capacity').get_attribute('value'),
Sending notification: Reschedule Failed. 2022-08-23 08:35
Sending notification: date: 2022-08-23; 

May it fail because of deprecated parts in a code?

I correct this code according to the suggestion. And it still didn’t work.

[deejr]

yeah if i happen to be there while it fails i can try to click it manually, ive missed 2 slots because of this :-( anyone fixed it yet?

[firemover]

I`m trying to catch a slot with HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1

[deejr]

ive also solved for the deprecated code and it even says reschedule successful. but still doesnt work.

[oleksandr-gubchenko]

seems to be fixed in #8

[firemover]

Dont think so. It didnt work with DAYS_IN_COUNTRY, why it should after renaming of some variables? But anyway still no free slots in my case.

[oleksandr-gubchenko]

@firemover see the code diff

[firemover]

I saw, it was wrong variable name and deprecated lines were replaced. But even with it, data construction has not been changed.
Lets wait for someone who can catch the slot and check it.

[estebangc98]

I had an available date, and it didn't work using the code in #8

2022-07-21 08:31:33.272714
Retry count: 41

Available dates:
2023-08-17       business_day: True

Checking for an earlier date:
Is 2023-10-22 00:00:00 > 2023-08-17 00:00:00:   True

New date: 2023-08-17
Starting Reschedule (2023-08-17)
Got time successfully! 2023-08-17 09:00
Sending notification: Reschedule Failed. 2023-08-17 09:00

[breakertt]

I had an available date, and it didn't work using the code in #8

2022-07-21 08:31:33.272714

Retry count: 41



Available dates:

2023-08-17       business_day: True



Checking for an earlier date:

Is 2023-10-22 00:00:00 > 2023-08-17 00:00:00:   True



New date: 2023-08-17

Starting Reschedule (2023-08-17)

Got time successfully! 2023-08-17 09:00

Sending notification: Reschedule Failed. 2023-08-17 09:00

It is totally valid if one gets time successfully but fails in rescheduling. There is no guarantee that one can reschedule if one gets the time. Just imagine someonelse's bot is much faster than you.

[breakertt]

I saw, it was wrong variable name and deprecated lines were replaced. But even with it, data construction has not been changed.

Lets wait for someone who can catch the slot and check it.

my fault, should be the problem of user-agent.

[estebangc98]

It is totally valid if one gets time successfully but fails in rescheduling. There is no guarantee that one can reschedule if one gets the time. Just imagine someonelse's bot is much faster than you.

Maybe not the case, because the opening was still available after the reschedule failed. Perhaps because it failed the first time and it doesn't retry after that.

[oleksandr-gubchenko]

@breakertt what is the fix for the user-agent?

[estebangc98]

Automatic Rescheduling worked for me with #9

[deejr]

thanks all!
waiting to test #9 with an early date

changed these lines too
data = {
"utf8": driver.find_element(By.name,'utf8').text,
"authenticity_token":driver.find_element(By.name,'authenticity_token').text,
"confirmed_limit_message":driver.find_element(by.name,'confirmed_limit_message').text, "use_consulate_appointment_capacity":driver.find_element(by.name,'use_consulate_appointment_capacity').text,

[orendon]

I had the same issue today and submitted a fix for it #11

[patelakash317]

It is again failing, I have got the appointment for 18 April 2023 but it not rescheduled.