NYC Ticket Scraper¶

Create a feature in the car rental app that automatically checks for outstanding NYC parking or camera tickets using the license plate and state of each rented vehicle.

Functionality:

Ticket Search Integration¶

• Build a background process that checks NYC’s ticket database (e.g. NYC Ticket Payments or NYC Open Data if available).
• https://a836-citypay.nyc.gov/citypay/Parking
• https://nycserv.nyc.gov/NYCServWeb/NYCSERVMain
• Input: Plate number + State for each active car.
• Output: List of any new ticket(s) with:
• • Plate number
• • Ticket number
• • Violation description
• • Date/time
• • Amount due
• • Location
• • Status (unpaid/paid)

Ticket Assignment Logic¶

• Compare ticket date/time with the car’s rental history.
• Assign the ticket to the customer who had the car during that time (if available).
• Show in-app under a new “Tickets” section per rental or vehicle.

Notifications¶

• Trigger a push notification to the admin app user when any new ticket is found.
• Include plate, ticket amount, violation type, and rental ID (if matched).

Email Report via Cron¶

• Set up a cron job (or Flutter background service with Firebase + Cloud Functions if preferred) to:
• Run the ticket scan twice daily (e.g. 7 AM and 7 PM).
• Email a summary of newly found tickets to admin@example.com (replace with actual email).
• Format the report with car, ticket info, and matched customer if found.

Admin Dashboard View (Optional)¶

• Add a new section to the admin panel for “Tickets” where the manager can:
• • View all open tickets
• • Filter by plate/date/customer
• • Manually mark tickets as resolved
• • Export CSV or PDF if needed

Testing¶

• Test with sample plate numbers known to have tickets.
• Validate assignment logic by comparing ticket times with rental times.

Estimated Time¶

• API Integration + Parsing: 4–6h
• Matching to Rentals: 3–5h
• Notification Setup: 2–3h
• Cron Job + Email: 2–4h
• Dashboard UI (optional): 4–6h