Anyone written an order status script?

[ohmman]

I was considering tackling a simple curl | grep script to grab the order status from "My Tesla" every hour or so. I figured it would save me from my once-a-day (ahem) checking of the site for changes. The script would just email me once the status has changed. Turns out things are a little more complicated than the simple script I envisioned, so before diving further into this I figured I'd ask if anyone else has attempted it. I know there are a good number of techies out there with Teslas in their garages or on order.

 

[jerry33]

The problem here is that the Tesla website isn't always updated in a timely fashion and sometimes it reverts back to a previous status for one reason or another. So while it's not hard to write a script, the information you get back might not be correct.

 

[ohmman]

Yeah, I get that. But the fact is, I still check it, and this would (might?) keep me from pulling it up. Good point regardless.

 

[salamagd]

Just whipped this up, seems to work fine! Replace with your email address and password as necessary.

wget -O mytesla.html --post-data="name=[I][B][email protected][/B][/I]&pass=[B][I]YourPassword[/I][/B]&form_id=user_login" https://www.teslamotors.com/user/login

 

[ohmman]

Thanks, I've got it similarly working with curl. Just had to make some pointers to keep track of the current status so it knows if there's been a change. To jerry33's point, it is feeling sort of pointless...