nklayman/ca-dmv-poller

This project, ca-dmv-poller, was designed to help California residents find the earliest available DMV appointment by automatically checking multiple nearby DMV locations. Instead of manually refreshing the DMV website and hoping something opens up, this tool continuously polls locations within a distance you specify and surfaces the soonest available slot. The README notes upfront that the tool is currently deprecated and no longer works due to changes in the DMV's appointment system. The tool is a developer API, meaning it is meant to be used by people who write code. You install it into a JavaScript or TypeScript project and configure it with details like your zip code, how far you are willing to travel, the type of appointment you need (such as an office visit or a driving test), and your personal information. When you run it, the tool checks available appointment slots at DMV offices matching your criteria and returns results showing the date, location, and how many days until the earliest appointment. The ideal user is a developer living in California who wants to build their own tooling around DMV appointment hunting, perhaps to set up automatic notifications when a sooner slot opens up. The README explicitly points non-developers toward a separate Android app called CA DMV Appointment FastFinder instead of trying to use this library directly. It is worth noting that the original author credits another developer's similar project as inspiration, so this is an iteration on an existing idea rather than something built entirely from scratch. Since the tool no longer functions, its practical value today is limited. However, the author invites anyone who can figure out how to work around the DMV's current session-based system to submit a fix, so it could potentially be revived by a contributor with the right knowledge.