Ride Collector

Initial project to find roller coaster ride information especially height from websites. UsesGo Colly for screen scraping. Eventually, will include writers such as CSV, Firebase.

Development

go run main.go

RoadMap

• Proof of concept
• introduce interface to collect ride info and write
• separate out interface by ride for contributions
• tests are a good thing
• add a writer to csv
• add a writer to firebase
• add a writer to json

Sample JSON output (snipper)

{
        "park": "Busch Gardens Williamsburg",
        "name": "Apollo's Chariot",
        "description": "A guest favorite. Hold on as this coaster drops from 210 feet!",
        "image": "https://buschgardens.com/williamsburg/rides//williamsburg/-/media/busch-gardens-williamsburg/images/rides/apollos-chariot/listing-images/apollos-chariot.ashx?version=1_201905015448",
        "height": "52",
        "url": "https://buschgardens.com/williamsburg/roller-coasters/apollos-chariot/",
        "tags": [
            "High Thrill",
            "Roller Coaster"
        ]
    },