This is a simple CommandLine tool to check the status of your VISA & Passport collection after its been approved by the US Embassy/Consulate. This tool should work for all countries that have a USA Embassy/Consulate, remember to use the ISO Alpha-2 Country Codes
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'us_passport_tracker'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install us_passport_tracker
Installing this gem gives you a nice commandline tool uspasstracker which you can use to quickly get your VISA status and continue with whatever you were doing.
uspasstracker PassportNumber ISOCountryCode
Example (Status check via Ghana Embassy)
uspasstracker G167290 GH
Example (Status check via Nigeria Embassy)
uspasstracker N167290 NG
You may enter a mode advanced mode by simply typing uspasstracker without any arguments
uspasstracker
You can include this in your codebase by simply calling the method below
passport_number = "G192028"
country_code = "GH"
tracker = USPassportTracker::Track.new(passport_number, country_code)
puts tracker.status
puts tracker.country_nameFor privacy & security reasons your valid Passport ID & US Embassy Country you applied for VISA from are set in an environment variable USPT_VALID_PASSPORT_ID and USPT_VALID_COUNTRY_CODE respectively
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/nukturnal/us_passport_tracker. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the USPassportTracker project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.