Dan Cahoon

@MadFriarAvelyn @Ginkgo Glad to hear you got a vaccine appointment using @vaccinetime! I like The Greater Boston Food Bank if you’d like to donate there. Thanks! gbfb.org

@tonymasiello @mattgrobo @vaccinetime I think Marshfield moved to the preregistration system, so they don’t show up on vaccinetime any more

@mattgrobo Thanks! Marshfield was coming up every night on @vaccinetime for quite a while, but has vanished in the last week or so...

800+ Covid vaccine appointments available at the Marshfield fair grounds and Gillette. Let’s get vaccinated!

@pronounced_ing @lindaholmes @vaccinetime I’m sorry about this, I didn’t realize the link was private when I added it to @vaccinetime. I saw it on reddit and after reading through the linked BMC site it seemed open to the public, there was no text indicating otherwise unfortunately

@ceratopseer @claudiamcarrera @kfitzsimmons @vaccinetime Hey! Sorry about that, it looks like BMC turned this particular sign up private but the bot still found the appointments and posted about them. I updated the code so it shouldn’t happen again. Thanks!

42 appointments available at Mattapan COVID-19 Vaccination Site @ Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan, MA on 2021-04-30. Check eligibility and sign up at bmc.org/bmc-community-…

@BrandonGleklen @vaccinetime Glad to hear about your vaccine appointment! I like The Greater Boston Food Bank if you’d like to donate there. Thanks! gbfb.org

@dpcahoon I’m getting vaccinated tomorrow thanks to @vaccinetime. What’s your favorite charity?

@jeninshrewsbury @Ryan_Salinger @ramblingpriest @Allyson87546701 @vaccinetime Thanks for taking the time to help clear this up! I’m the author of @vaccinetime so although I can’t speak to what they’ll allow at the clinic day of, I can say that the link originally came from rrecc.us/k12 so I’d go with whatever it says there

14 appointments available at UMass Memorial Healthcare 100 Front St Vaccine Clinic in Worcester, MA on 2021-04-09. Check eligibility and sign up at mychartonline.umassmemorial.org/mychart/opensc…

@Ryan_Salinger @torirace @vaccinetime This is the sign up page with the prerequisites, you can check that the maimmunizations sites are linked at the bottom: rrecc.us/k12 Some sites use maimmunizations under the hood which is why vaccinetime looks at them

@torirace @vaccinetime I'm not affiliated with any organization, I do not know. I simply unearthed a sign up page that did not have any prerequisites before confirming an appointment. Other sites and pages usually have the astericks in the pre-qualification process.

Very cool @vaccinetime!! Thank you for your work!!!

@Ryan_Salinger @ramblingpriest @Allyson87546701 @vaccinetime Hi Ryan! Just FYI that maimmunization link you sent out is for teachers only. Vaccinetime found it here: rrecc.us/k12

@ramblingpriest @Allyson87546701 @vaccinetime I took code that @vaccinetime created (if you go to the profile page) and ran it in a Docker container on my mac. I have a screenshot of it on my timeline earlier in the day.

@dstutz_ @vaccinetime Please consider donating to the Greater Boston Food Bank or another charity of your choice if you’d like to show your appreciation, thanks! gbfb.org

@dpcahoon @vaccinetime Is there any way to donate or tip for this project? Can I buy you a beer or coffee or something?

I’m excited to announce that @vaccinetime is now open source! Check out the code on GitHub here: github.com/ginkgobioworks…

@causalityproven @vaccinetime It’s hidden in the page data on maimmunizations that vaccinetime looks at (the bot can see it but the page doesn’t render it). You can double check when booking, it should say in the checkout process too

926 appointments available at Northampton Senior Center on 04/05/2021 for Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine. Check eligibility and sign up at northamptonma.gov/2219/Vaccine-C…

If you’re interested in learning more about how @vaccinetime works, check out this blog post I wrote! It’s an inside look at the basics of what goes on in the #ruby code. ginkgobioworks.com/2021/04/01/an-…

@JoeBags720 @vaccinetime It’s the language I’m most experienced with, so I felt I could iterate fastest by using it

@dpcahoon @vaccinetime Why did you choose Ruby? Just curious.

@jbenanto @vaccinetime On the CVS page linked by vaccinetime scroll down and click “Massachusetts”. If anything is available, it will list it and provide a link to schedule. When there’s no availability it doesn’t show the scheduling link (usually CVS gets all booked in the early AM). Hope that helps!

@vaccinetime What’s the process for getting a CVS appointment? Link doesn’t bring me anywhere... are people calling cvs end of day?

CVS appointments available in ATHOL, BROCKTON, CHICOPEE, DRACUT, FALMOUTH, HARWICHPORT, HAVERHILL, HYANNIS, LAWRENCE, LEOMINSTER, LUNENBURG, METHUEN, OXFORD, SPRINGFIELD, WEBSTER, WESTFIELD, WINCHENDON, WORCESTER. Check eligibility and sign up at cvs.com/immunizations/…

@DaisyNgMak2 @vaccinetime The Tufts site says: “Please note that the type of vaccine you receive is determined by supply and what is available to us on that day” so I think it could be any of them.

@vaccinetime Please advise which vaccine does Tufts MC Vaccine site offer. Thanks.

54 appointments available at Tufts MC Vaccine Site - Boston Location in Boston, MA on 2021-04-05. Check eligibility and sign up at zocdoc.com/wl/tuftscovid1…

@VTSkierMRG @vaccinetime Sure, I just enabled it for maimmunizations clinics. Most other sites don’t say which type they have, so unfortunately I can’t add it for all of them

@dpcahoon @vaccinetime Would it be possible to have a Pfizer/Moderna/J&J indicator on the bot's tweets?

@becauseBiology Are those the tweets referring to rrecc.us/k12? If you click through the links at the bottom of the page the appointments are all for St Vincents. I added the Rutland site to the bot because some of those links don’t appear on maimmunizations.org directly

@polluxgold @vaccinetime Sweet! Are you running it in Docker or straight with Ruby on WSL?

@dpcahoon @vaccinetime Your code works like a charm! You mentioned it was tested on Mac only but it run under WSL 2 flawlessly also... 👍🏻

@AndrewRyHolder @vaccinetime I don’t know of any Rhode Island accounts like this, sorry!

@dpcahoon @vaccinetime Do you know if there’s a Rhode Island account for this same thing?

@mxm630 @vaccinetime The bot scans all locations that it knows about on the same interval, no preference is given to particular locations. The sites it scans are listed here, let me know if it’s missing anything in western MA and I can see about adding it: github.com/ginkgobioworks…

@vaccinetime Q: Is this skimming availabilities statewide at an equal rate, bc most seem to be in EMass than WMass. just curious if it is programmed to favor EMass, or if that is true appt availability discrepancy? TY either way, has helped many thru my #VaccineAngel FB page VACTRAC413 👍

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@ThePromotainer @vaccinetime I think the maimmunization site is having some technical difficulties tonight. It shows these appointments every half hour but then only works for a few minutes before going to the no appointments screen. If you can fill out your info fast, it seems to work within those few mins

@vaccinetime Maybe someone can tell me if I'm doing something wrong. I funky get an available time, it says the appointment will be held for 15 minutes, I put in all of my information, and it says there are no appointments.

325 appointments available at Marshfield Fairgrounds in Marshfield, MA on 03/25/2021. Check eligibility and sign up at maimmunizations.org/clinic/search?…