usmobile-lifeguard

Minds your USMobile pool so you don't have to

WARNING!!! Use at your own risk!!!

I've been using this script for a few months. It works for me. That said, it uses undocumented APIs, and makes purchases for you.

It can potentially run amok and purchase many gigabytes of data. I built in a few safeguards but I make no promises.

WARNING!!! Use at your own risk!!!

Installation

Still reading?

You've been warned.

Well ok then. Go ahead and clone this repo or just copy the config.yaml-template file and docker-compose.yaml file to a local directory.

1. Rename the config template file to config.yaml: cp config.yaml-template config.yaml
   1. Make an extra hard link to the config file: ln config.yaml config.yaml-dont-move-me-vim. You can ignore this link and it can be named whatever you want. It's just there to keep certain editors from changing the inode number when you edit the file.
   2. By the way, you can also configure any setting via an environment variable upper-cased & prefaced with LIFEGUARD_. Any setting specified in the environment will override the corresponding setting in the config file.
2. Invite a new user to your account that will only be used for scripting. It only needs contributor privileges. Do not enable 2FA for this user but do give it a really long complex password. Set the username and password fields in either config.yaml or your environment.
3. Edit the rest of the values in the file to suit your preferences. There are comments in there that should be self-explanatory.
4. To run the app, use the command: docker compose up --build.
5. Keep an eye on the output. If it does anything unexpected kill it and check your configuration.
6. It will give you a 10 second warning before performing a top up. That gives you a chance to kill it if you're watching.
7. The config file can be changed while the application is running. The changes take affect on the next cycle - no need to restart.
8. If you want to run the script on a cron schedule or some cloud scheduler and have it exit after one check, set check_interval_minutes to 0 or less.