Transport info from switzerland on the CLI.

Command line access to the http://transport.opendata.ch API.

• This programm gets connections from

Installation

• Requires python3 (andy maybee some python packages with pip)
• The programm is a single python file and can be installed with:

cd ~/.local/bin/
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrino-meli/sbb-cli/master/sbb-cli.py > sbb
chmod +x sbb
pip3 install python-dateutil

Example Queries

• one can use sbb-cli.py or simply the abbreviation sbb
• From station to Station: sbb -f Bern -t Olten -d 3
• sbb -f Genf -t Landesmuseum
• sbb -f Bern -t "Zürich, Bahnhofsstrasse 1" -c 14:39 -d 1
• sbb -f Luzern -t Zürich -c '17.13.21 14:39 -d 1 --arrival Note: A lookup of the location is done first and the "best" location is chosen.
  So if we provide "Zürich" we will end up with "Zürich HB". To give a second example "Mosn" will become "Mosnang, Dorf".

Sample output:

        python3 sbb -f "Apenzell" -t "Ramsei" -d 3
        [1] From: Appenzell (4A) At: 19:00 To: Ramsei At: 23:06 Duration: 4:06:00
        [2] From: Appenzell (3B) At: 19:30 To: Ramsei At: 23:29 Duration: 3:59:00
        [3] From: Appenzell (3B) At: 19:30 To: Ramsei At: 23:30 Duration: 4:00:00
        [4] From: Appenzell (4A) At: 20:00 To: Ramsei At: 23:29 Duration: 3:29:00
        [5] From: Appenzell (4A) At: 20:00 To: Ramsei At: 23:30 Duration: 3:30:00
        [6] From: Appenzell (4A) At: 20:00 To: Ramsei At: 00:06 Duration: 4:06:00

        Connection [3]:
        Station: Appenzell At: 19:30 Platform: (3B) "S 23 1192" Heading to: Gossau SG
        Station: Gossau SG At: 20:20 Platform: (4) "ICN 1538" Heading to: Lausanne
        Station: Olten At: 22:37 Platform: (9) "IR 2388" Heading to: Bern
        Station: Burgdorf At: 23:11 Platform: (4) "S 44 30085" Heading to: Hasle-Rüegsau
        Station: Hasle-Rüegsau At: 23:23 Platform: () "NFB 16585" Heading to: Sumiswald-Grünen

Ussage

• ussage: sbb [-h] -f FROM -t TO [-c TIME] [-a] [-v VIA] [-d DETAIL]

• if this makes little sense just take a look at the example Queries above.
  They should explain everything.

• whenever you wonna use a whitespace in an argument you must shell escape it. For most shells this can be done by quoting.

• arguments explained:

  • -h, --help show this help message and exit
  • -f FROM, --from FROM Departure station
  • -t TO, --to TO Arrival station
  • -c TIME, --time TIME Departue time and date (multiple formats should work)
  • -d CONN, --detail Conn Detailed information to connection [n]
  • -v VIA, --via VIA optinal vias, flag can be used multiple times for multiple vias
  • -a, --arrival if time and date correspond to the arrival not departure

Development

• your idea is appreciated - just create an issue or even link a pull request.
• documentation of the API can be found here: http://transport.opendata.ch/docs.html

Things to work on or consider

• the output format can be made mor beatifully and data be presented more nicely. Especially the detailed view. Eg. some sort of top-down flow representing the travel.
• vias could be highlighted. Currently when a via is not a change it is not vissible in the detailed view - but as the user has exp. requested it one might highlight it somehow
• Add a verbose mode displaying every passed station on travel.
• do geo location loockup, eg with: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41497103/13641055
• nicer way of inputing date and time: eg. tomorrow at 7pm (use library?)