Ubr

A command-line Uber client. Request an Uber from your command line.

$ from_central_embassy=13.743704,100.546668
$ to_the_emquatier=13.730656,100.569770
$ ubr $from_central_embassy $to_the_emquatier -p uberX
Searching for available Ubers...
Selected: uberX
Getting the ETA...
Pickup in 4 minutes.
Estimation:
- Distance: 2.82 miles
- Pickup 09:59
- Dropoff 10:10
- Price: ฿52-61 (no surge)
Do you want to request an uberX? (y to confirm): y
Done! Please check your phone.

This app will request an Uber on your behalf, and you will pay for any ride initiated by this application.

While I strive to make this tool as stable and bug-free as possible, I could not make any guarantee that it does not contain a bug that may cause unintended requests to be sent, which may lead to monetary loss. Therefore, please this tool at your own risk.

gem install ubr

To keep the Uber system safe, only an application's developer will be able to request a ride until the app is approved by Uber. My original ubr application has not been approved yet. Therefore, you need to create your own application.

Set these information:

• Callback URL: https://dtinth.github.io/ubr/callback.html
• Privacy Policy URL: https://github.com/dtinth/ubr#privacy-policy

As of writing, it is OK to keep the webhook URLs blank.

After registering, you should get a client ID and secret. To login, run this command:

ubr login xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

It should open a browser and let you log in to the application. Upon completion, it should redirect you to a page where it says:

ubr authorize 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' 'https://dtinth.github.io/ubr/callback.html'

Copy and paste that into the terminal. It will ask you to provide the secret key. Paste in the secret key and press enter.

Give me your secret: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hurray! Your are authorized!
The token is saved to /Users/username/.ubr

Now, you can request an Uber by running this command:

ubr PICKUP DROPOFF

Where PICKUP and DROPOFF are the coordinates to pick-up and drop-off, specified in LATITUDE,LONGITUDE format. It is useful to put these coordinates as shell variables. You can also add -p option to specify product type, e.g., -p uberX.

This privacy policy applies only to the authentic copy of ubr application. We do not keep your personal information. Only your client_id and the authorization_code is sent to GitHub Pages server for the purpose of making logins easier. These two pieces of information are then combined with the secret key, which you supply in your own computer, to exchange for the access_token. The access_token is then kept on your computer.