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RateAcuity Access & Credentials

Obtaining Access

There is no self-serve signup for RateAcuity. To gain access:

  1. Contact RateAcuity to request access to the web portal.
  2. They will provide you with a username and password. Copy them for the next step.
  3. They will start you off with a free trial, after which the username and password will become invalid unless you subscribe to the web portal product.

Setting Credentials

tariff_fetch will read the credentials from the RATEACUITY_USERNAME and RATEACUITY_PASSWORD environment variables.

Either export them, or place them in your .env file:

RATEACUITY_USERNAME=<your username goes here>
RATEACUITY_PASSWORD=<your password goes here>

Important

Make sure to add .env to your .gitignore file to avoid accidentally committing your credentials to version control.

Runtime Notes

  • The CLI uses Selenium under the hood. Ensure Chrome or Chromium is installed so the automation can launch a browser session.
  • If an error occurs during scraping, a selenium_error.png screenshot is written to the working directory to help diagnose the failure.