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A simple script that waits for tickets to become available for the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London, and grabs them
// Note that this has some limitations, such as looking specifically for adult tickets,
// looking for the given days only in the nearest month that has availability,
// and always choosing the earliest time if several are found within the desired dates.
function setAdultTickets(adultTicketsWanted) {
const adultTicketsCount = parseInt($('.quantity-control.row > input')[0].value, 10);
const ticketChangeIterations = Math.abs(adultTicketsWanted - adultTicketsCount);
const ticketChangeButton = $(`.quantity-control.row > button.typcn-${adultTicketsCount < adultTicketsWanted ? 'plus' : 'minus'}`)[0];
for (let i = 0; i < ticketChangeIterations; i++) {
ticketChangeButton.click();
}
}
function playSound(src) {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
const audio = new Audio(src);
audio.onended = resolve;
audio.play();
});
}
function repeatHeyListen() {
playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/hey_listen.mp3')
.then(repeatHeyListen);
}
function waitForAvailability() {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
setTimeout(() => {
const availableEls = $('.calendar>.row:not(.blankLoader) .calendar-body .day.available'), isLoading = $('.calendar-modal[data-component=eventTimeModal] .modal-content > .loading-mask.hide').length === 0;
if (isLoading) {
return waitForAvailability()
.then((res) => resolve(res));
}
resolve(availableEls);
}, 1000);
});
}
function playSounds() {
playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/mlg-airhorn.mp3')
.then(() => playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/sound-9______.mp3'))
.then(() => playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/ps_1.mp3'))
.then(() => playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/wrong-answer-sound-effect.mp3'))
.then(() => playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/lalalalala.swf.mp3'))
.then(() => playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/tuturu_1.mp3'))
.then(() => playSound('https://www.myinstants.com/media/sounds/hallelujahshort.swf.mp3'))
.then(repeatHeyListen);
}
function addTicketsToBasket(dayElement) {
dayElement.click();
setTimeout(() => waitForAvailability()
.then(() => {
$('.ui-control.button.select-time')[0].click();
setTimeout(() => {
$('.typcn.typcn-shopping-cart.ng-binding')[0].click();
}, 2000);
}), 2000);
}
function checkForTickets(datesWanted=[6, 7, 8], adultTicketsWanted=2, checkFrequency=15) {
setAdultTickets(adultTicketsWanted);
function check() {
$('.shared-calendar-button').click();
waitForAvailability()
.then(availableEls => {
console.log(new Date(), 'Availability loaded. Checking for relevant dates...');
for (let i = 0; i < availableEls.length; i++) {
const day = parseInt(availableEls[i].innerText, 10);
console.log('Day', day, 'is available...');
if (datesWanted.includes(day)) {
console.log('Found tickets!!!!!');
playSounds();
addTicketsToBasket(availableEls[i]);
return;
}
}
console.log(`Relevant dates not yet available. Will check again in ${checkFrequency} seconds.`);
$('#page > div:nth-child(11) > div.modal.info-modal.w-auto-c > div > div.close').click();
setTimeout(check, checkFrequency * 1000);
});
};
check();
}
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Rovack commented Oct 5, 2025

IIRC that's just how the website behaves - skips to the month that has the nearest available tickets - but as long as the script recognizes that it's the wrong month and instead of adding tickets, just keeps refreshing and waiting, then it should be fine.

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