cmdbikes 0.1.11

Bike sharing at your terminal

cmdbikes

Have you ever thought

Damn, I wish I could check the status of my local bike sharing network on a terminal

Well, now with cmdbikes you can!

About

This is a silly client to showcase python-citybikes, a python wrapper for the Citybikes API. You can learn more about the project at https://citybik.es.

If your network is not supported, add an issue or a PR on pybikes.

Installation

$ pip install cmdbikes

Usage

$ cmdbikes show --help
Usage: cmdbikes show [OPTIONS] ADDRESS

  Display status of station on a given address.

Options:
  --geocode / --no-geocode  Geocode station positions into a readable address
  -n INTEGER                Number of stations to show.
  --color / --no-color      Use colors on output
  --json                    Return JSON representation
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

Check the list of supported networks

$ cmdbikes ls
Argentina [2]
├ Buenos Aires (Ecobici)
└ Rosario (Mi bici tu bici)

Australia [4]
├ Melbourne (Melbourne Bike Share)
├ Brisbane (CityCycle)
├ Curtin University, Perth, WA (Curtin Bike Share)
└ Melbourne, AU (Monash BikeShare)

Austria [23]
├ Wien (Citybike Wien)
├ Wachau (LEIHRADL)
...

History

0.1.10 (2025-02-21)

• Use geopy for geocoding

• Add user agent for accesssing Nominatim and Citybikes

0.1.9 (2020-05-19)

• Fix wrong colors on full stations

• Add MIT License

0.1.8 (2018-10-15)

• Fix bikes / slots bar not showing up on python 2

0.1.7 (2018-10-15)

• Fix issues with google geocoder. Now uses OSM Nominatim: since some stations are on OSM, they do not return a house number, which makes addresses pointless.

0.1.6 (2017-02-13)

• Fix bug with -n flag and stations

0.1.5 (2017-02-13)

• Add –json flag for valid JSON output

0.1.3 (2016-11-22)

• Disable distance checking for network, as it gives out false positives

0.1.0 (2016-11-22)

• First release