desco 1.4.0

A Python CLI tool for Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) prepaid electricity accounts

🔌 Desco Prepaid CLI

A Python CLI tool to collect information about Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) prepaid electricity accounts. Get real-time balance, consumption data, customer information, and recharge history directly from your terminal.

✨ Features

• 💰 Balance Check: Get current balance and monthly consumption
• 👤 Customer Info: Retrieve detailed customer and meter information
• 📊 Monthly Consumption: View historical monthly usage data
• 🔄 Recharge History: Track your payment and recharge records
• 🚀 Fast & Lightweight: Built with Python and designed for speed
• 🔒 Secure: Direct API integration with DESCO's official endpoints

📦 Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install desco

From Source

git clone https://github.com/mdminhazulhaque/python-desco.git
cd python-desco
pip install -e .

🚀 Quick Start

After installation, use the desco-cli command:

# Get help
desco-cli --help

# Check balance
desco-cli get-balance -a YOUR_ACCOUNT_NUMBER

# Get customer information
desco-cli get-customer-info -a YOUR_ACCOUNT_NUMBER

📖 Usage

Usage: desco-cli [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  A CLI tool for Desco Prepaid electricity account management.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  get-balance              Get current balance and consumption data
  get-customer-info        Get detailed customer and meter information
  get-monthly-consumption  Get monthly consumption history
  get-recharge-history     Get recharge and payment history

💡 Examples

💰 Check Balance

Get your current account balance and this month's consumption:

$ desco-cli get-balance -a 987654321

Sample Output:

-----------------------  -------------------
accountNo                987654321
meterNo                  667788990011
balance                  1384.35
currentMonthConsumption  2020.49
readingTime              2022-07-19 00:00:00
-----------------------  -------------------

👤 Get Customer Information

Retrieve comprehensive customer and meter details:

$ desco-cli get-customer-info -a 987654321

Sample Output:

-------------------  --------------------------
accountNo            987654321
contactNo            01833000000
customerName         MR. JOHN DOE
feederName           Sector 11
installationAddress  H-42, R-7, SEC-13, UTTARA
installationDate     2019-06-23 00:00:00
meterNo              667788990011
phaseType            Single Phase Meter
registerDate         2019-06-23 00:00:00
sanctionLoad         6
tariffSolution       Category-A: Residential
meterModel           None
transformer          None
SDName               Turag
-------------------  --------------------------

🔄 Get Recharge History

View your recent payment and recharge transactions:

$ desco-cli get-recharge-history -a 987654321

Sample Output:

rechargeDate           totalAmount     vat    energyAmount
-------------------  -------------  ------  --------------
2022-07-14 06:59:49           2000   95.24         1923.81
2022-07-09 16:35:34           1000   47.62          521.1
2022-05-30 19:31:52           3000  142.86         2665.31
2022-04-21 10:57:38           1980   94.29         1904.57
2022-04-08 23:29:45           1000   47.62          741.5
2022-03-31 10:02:25            500   23.81          480.95
2022-03-01 13:33:16           2000   95.24         1703.41
2022-02-22 12:25:31           2970  141.43          432.46

📊 Get Monthly Consumption

Analyze your monthly electricity usage patterns:

$ desco-cli get-monthly-consumption -a 987654321

Sample Output:

month      consumedTaka    consumedUnit    maximumDemand
-------  --------------  --------------  ---------------
2022-01            9              2.401            0
2022-02          162.45          43.323            2.08
2022-03         2204.92         390.8              2.69
2022-04         1260.25         238.501            2.924
2022-05         1292.47         243.864            3.764
2022-06         2222.68         393.6              3.57
2022-07         3901.46         564.81             2.546
2022-08         2891.26         463.185            3.302
2022-09         2032.6          363.622            2.69
2022-10          735.81         148.695            1.8
2022-11         1223.71         232.408            3.486

🛠️ Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or higher
• pip package manager

Setting up for Development

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mdminhazulhaque/python-desco.git
cd python-desco

2. Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install in development mode:

pip install -e .

Dependencies

• requests - HTTP library for API calls
• click - Command line interface framework
• tabulate - Pretty-print tabular data

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This is an unofficial tool. Use at your own discretion. The authors are not responsible for any issues that may arise from using this tool.