brussel 1.0.0

Asynchronous Python client providing Open Data information of Brussel (Belgium)

Asynchronous Python client for the open datasets of Brussel (Belgium).

About

A python package with which you can retrieve data from the Open Data Platform of Brussel via their API. This package was initially created to only retrieve parking data from the API, but the code base is made in such a way that it is easy to extend for other datasets from the same platform.

Installation

pip install brussel

Datasets

You can read the following datasets with this package:

• Parking spaces for disabled / Parkings pour personnes handicapées (973 locations)
• Public parkings / Parkings publics (27 locations)

Click here to get more details

Disabled parkings

Parameters:

• limit (default: 10) - How many results you want to retrieve.

Variable	Type	Description
spot_id	int	The ID of the parking spot
number	int	How many parking spots there are on this location
orientation	str	The orientation of the parking spot
area	dict(str)	The area of the parking spot in multiple languages
longitude	float	The longitude of the parking spot
latitude	float	The latitude of the parking spot
updated_at	datetime	The last time the data was updated

Garages

Parameters:

• limit (default: 10) - How many results you want to retrieve.

Variable	Type	Description
garage_id	int	The ID of the garage
name	dict(str)	The name of the garage in multiple languages
capacity	int	The capacity of the garage
provider	string	The organization that manages this garage
longitude	float	The longitude of the garage
latitude	float	The latitude of the garage
updated_at	datetime	The last time the data was updated

Example

import asyncio

from brussel import ODPBrussel


async def main() -> None:
    """Show example on using the Open Data API client."""
    async with ODPBrussel() as client:
        garages = await client.garages(limit=10)
        disabled_parkings = await client.disabled_parkings(limit=10)
        print(garages)
        print(disabled_parkings)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Use cases

NIPKaart.nl

A website that provides insight into where disabled parking spaces are, based on data from users and municipalities. Operates mainly in the Netherlands, but also has plans to process data from abroad.

Contributing

This is an active open-source project. We are always open to people who want to use the code or contribute to it.

We've set up a separate document for our contribution guidelines.

Thank you for being involved! :heart_eyes:

Setting up development environment

The simplest way to begin is by utilizing the Dev Container feature of Visual Studio Code or by opening a CodeSpace directly on GitHub. By clicking the button below you immediately start a Dev Container in Visual Studio Code.

This Python project relies on Poetry as its dependency manager, providing comprehensive management and control over project dependencies.

You need at least:

• Python 3.11+
• Poetry

Installation

Install all packages, including all development requirements:

poetry install

Poetry creates by default an virtual environment where it installs all necessary pip packages.

Pre-commit

This repository uses the pre-commit framework, all changes are linted and tested with each commit. To setup the pre-commit check, run:

poetry run pre-commit install

And to run all checks and tests manually, use the following command:

poetry run pre-commit run --all-files

Testing

It uses pytest as the test framework. To run the tests:

poetry run pytest

To update the syrupy snapshot tests:

poetry run pytest --snapshot-update

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Klaas Schoute

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