How to build a taxi booking system in Bubble

A taxi‑booking system in Bubble is built by storing Rides in the database, letting a User request a ride with pickup + destination, then using workflows to assign a Driver, track ride status, and update the Driver’s location in real time. The core logic is: User creates a Ride → system finds an available Driver → Driver accepts → statuses update until ride completes.

Core Database Structure

Create these data types:

• User (Bubble’s built‑in). Add fields: role (text) like “driver” or “rider”, current_location (geographic address), is_available (yes/no).
• Ride with fields: pickup (geographic address), destination (geographic address), status (text) like “searching”, “assigned”, “accepted”, “in\_progress”, “completed”, rider (User), driver (User), price (number).

Requesting a Ride

On the rider page, put two address inputs and a button “Request Ride”. Workflow:

• Create a new Ride → set pickup, destination, rider = Current User, status = “searching”.
• Trigger a Backend Workflow that searches for available drivers and assigns one.

Assigning a Driver (Backend)

Create an API workflow “assign\_driver”. It receives the Ride’s ID. Steps:

• Search for Users where role = “driver” and is\_available = yes.
• Make changes to Ride → driver = first item found, status = “assigned”.
• Send notification (email, SMS, or in‑app) to the Driver.

// Example JSON body Driver receives via webhook if using SMS/Twilio
{ "ride_id": "123x", "pickup": "Main St", "destination": "Airport" }

Driver Accept Flow

Driver has a page showing “New Ride”. When clicking Accept:

• Make changes to Ride → status = “accepted”.
• Make changes to Current User → is\_available = no.

Real‑time Location Tracking

• Driver app/page updates current\_location using Browser Geolocation plugin every few seconds.
• Rider map has a Do when data changes event showing driver’s location.

Completing the Ride

• Driver taps “Complete Ride”.
• Workflow updates Ride → status = “completed”.
• Driver → is\_available = yes.

Payments

• Use Bubble’s Stripe plugin → Charge the Rider when Ride is completed.
• Store price inside Ride after calculating with Bubble’s distance function.