thephm / go_cli

go_cli

A command line interface to lookup train information.

Disclaimers

1. This is not ready to be used by anyone
2. It does not (yet?) use the python Open API library
3. This is a personal project, not affiliated with any organization, suggest you go and use the Open APIs

Some context

Uses Open Data - GO API and that page links to the API Specification.

Before you start

You'll need to request an Open API key from Metrolinx which only took a couple of days to receive via email.

Dependencies

This code imports from the following pacakges so make sure you install those first.

• requests - to make REST calls
• argparse - to parse command line arguments
• json - to parsing response bodies

Options

Option	Description
-k	Your GO API key. See the "Before you start" section.
-s	The Bus Stop or Train Station being queried e.g. "AP" for Appleby. See go_api.py for the list of station codes.

Mock diagram

Things to look at

1. https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/ontario-railway-network-orwn
2. https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/ontario-road-network-road-net-element
3. https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/go-train-stations

go_cli's Issues

Implement https to GO API

API has moved to HTTPS, need to change!

Using without -k still attempts to call the API

Running go_cli.py without -k still calls the API

{'Metadata': {'TimeStamp': '2024-04-11 07:28:48', 'ErrorCode': '401', 'ErrorMessage': 'Unauthorized'}, 'NextService': None}

Add command line option to dump the config

Add a -c or -config option to dump all of the config information. Useful for my debugging for now but could be useful to help me create future go_bus.json and go_train.json config files.

Dump config for a specific stop

If -s <stop> and -c are provided then just show the config for that specific stop.

If -c is provide without -s, dump the entire config

If -s <stop> is provided, for now dumps the NextService ie. calls GET api/V1/Stop/NextService/{stop}

Refactor to separate train and bus stops

Break the files up to have config for GO trains (lines and stations) and GO buses (routes and stops)

Eventually this will likely all be in a .json config file but for now it's embedded in python script