indego 1.1.0
Python3 library for working with the Philadelphia Indego Bike Share API
License: MIT
Keywords: philadelphia philly indego rideindego bicycle bike share bikeshare bike-share api

Indego Bike Share Python Library
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About
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I have tried to make a re-usable Python library for the Philadelphia Indego Bike Share API! I'm not very familiar with Python, but tried to learn by creating this.

I wrote this similarly to [my existing Indego PHP library](https://github.com/ericoc/indego-php-lib).

Check out [the City of Philadelphia GitHub](https://github.com/CityOfPhiladelphia) if you think this library is interesting!


Installation
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Installation of this library should be as simple as running:

    pip install indego


Compatibility
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Please note that this library is only compatible with Python 3+. Python 2 is not supported.


Example
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When combined with the provided `Indego` class, the following code will generate the example output:

    from indego import Indego

    # Instantiate the Indego class
    indego = Indego()

    # Retrieve and print "university" stations
    uni_stations = indego.get_stations('university')
    print(uni_stations)

    # Show how many stations were returned above
    uni_count = len(uni_stations)
    print(uni_count, 'stations returned')

Output:

    $ python3 university_example.py
    {3008: {'addressStreet': '1076 Berks Street', 'addressCity': 'Philadelphia', 'addressState': 'PA', 'addressZipCode': '19122', 'bikesAvailable': 3, 'closeTime': '03:55:00', 'docksAvailable': 16, 'eventEnd': None, 'eventStart': None, 'isEventBased': False, 'isVirtual': False, 'isVisible': False, 'kioskId': 3008, 'kioskPublicStatus': 'Active', 'kioskStatus': 'FullService', 'name': 'Temple University Station', 'notes': None, 'openTime': '04:00:00', 'publicText': '', 'timeZone': 'Eastern Standard Time', 'totalDocks': 19, 'trikesAvailable': 0, 'kioskConnectionStatus': 'Active', 'kioskType': 1, 'latitude': 39.98078, 'longitude': -75.15055, 'hasGeofence': False, 'classicBikesAvailable': 3, 'smartBikesAvailable': 0, 'electricBikesAvailable': 0, 'isArchived': False}, 3020: {'addressStreet': '3051 South St.', 'addressCity': 'Philadelphia', 'addressState': 'PA', 'addressZipCode': '19147', 'bikesAvailable': 11, 'closeTime': '03:55:00', 'docksAvailable': 24, 'eventEnd': None, 'eventStart': None, 'isEventBased': False, 'isVirtual': False, 'isVisible': False, 'kioskId': 3020, 'kioskPublicStatus': 'Active', 'kioskStatus': 'FullService', 'name': 'University City Station', 'notes': None, 'openTime': '04:00:00', 'publicText': '', 'timeZone': 'Eastern Standard Time', 'totalDocks': 35, 'trikesAvailable': 0, 'kioskConnectionStatus': 'Active', 'kioskType': 1, 'latitude': 39.94922, 'longitude': -75.19036, 'hasGeofence': False, 'classicBikesAvailable': 11, 'smartBikesAvailable': 0, 'electricBikesAvailable': 0, 'isArchived': False}}
    2 stations returned


Providing an argument/filter to `get_stations()` to limit the selection of stations only limits the results within the `Indego` class. The API end-point itself always returns all stations.

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a signifcant amount of documentation for the API being used nor does there seem to be any parameters available to limit the stations being retrieved from the API.

Calling `get_stations()` without any arguments will return a list of all (*currently*, 132) stations.


More Information
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* [The actual Philadelphia Indego Bike Share API, a GeoJSON file](https://www.rideindego.com/stations/json/)
* [OpenDataPhilly description of the API](https://www.opendataphilly.org/dataset/bike-share-stations)
* [Interesting article visualizing Indego usage](http://www.randalolson.com/2015/09/05/visualizing-indego-bike-share-usage-patterns-in-philadelphia-part-2/)