recgov

Python modules to interface with recreation.gov in order to find suitable availability. The soruce code is on GitHub

Usage:

In order to use this library, you'll need to sign up for an api account. Enabling developer access is under your account settings page. You can either store the API KEY in your environment variables as RECREATION_GOV_KEY or you can pass it to your _session.get_session calls (much trickier -- not really supported).

To install from the checked out code:

pip install .

To make a link in python to the current code-base:

pip install --editable .

Generalizing the script:

recreation.gov works a little different. It has a promising documented API that provides access to campground details, but it doesn't seem to include any availability data.

Common fields used across the api:

Field Name	Description
asset_id	The campground overall
name	Campsite name (often a number)
org_name	Who owns the campsite
loop	The loop where you can find the site

The most promising undocumented endpoint is here:

• Month
  • Gets availability for an entire month.

The response object looks something like this:

{
 "availabilities": {
  "2021-03-01T00:00:00Z": "Available",
  // . . . .
  "2021-03-05T00:00:00Z": "Reserved",
  // . . . .
  "2021-03-12T00:00:00Z": "Not Available",
  // . . . .
  "2021-03-31T00:00:00Z": "Reserved"
 },
 "campsite_id": "7859",
 "campsite_reserve_type": "Site-Specific",
 "campsite_type": "GROUP TENT ONLY AREA NONELECTRIC",
 "capacity_rating": "Single",
 "loop": "DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND",
 "max_num_people": 55,
 "min_num_people": 11,
 "quantities": null,
 "site": "JUNIPER BASIN",
 "type_of_use": "Overnight"
}