📅 GBU Timetable CLI

A terminal-based interactive timetable viewer for Gautam Buddha University, built with Python and Rich. Browse departments, select sections, save preferences, and view G1/G2 lab splits cleanly inside your terminal.

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✨ Features

• 🎯 Interactive keyboard-driven CLI
• 🏫 Browse by School → Department → Code → Section
• 💾 Save default section (auto-load on next run)
• 🧪 Smart G1 / G2 lab stacking in the same period
• ⏰ Automatic 12-hour AM/PM time slots
• 🎨 Clean, readable UI using rich
• ⚡ Zero configuration after first setup

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📦 Installation

pip install gbu-timetable

Requires Python 3.8+

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🚀 Usage

Run directly from terminal:

timetable

No flags, no arguments — fully interactive.

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🧭 Navigation Controls

Key	Action
1	View saved timetable
2	Browse & select section
3	Enter section ID directly
b	Go back
m	Return to main menu
q	Quit

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🗂️ Saved Configuration

Your selected section is stored locally at:

~/.timetable_cli.json

Example:

{
  "section_id": "1278",
  "section_name": "B.Tech CSE (A)"
}

This allows instant access next time using “View Saved Timetable”.

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🧪 G1 / G2 Lab Handling

When multiple entries exist in the same period:

• G1 and G2 are automatically detected
• Displayed as stacked panels inside the same cell
• Color-coded for quick differentiation

No manual filtering required.

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🕒 Time Slot Logic

• Default start time: 08:30 AM
• Each period: 60 minutes
• Automatically adapts to timetable length
• Displayed in 12-hour format

Example:

P3
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

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🌐 Data Source

Timetable data is fetched from:

https://samay.mygbu.in/api.php

Data is fetched once per run for performance and simplicity.

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🧱 Project Structure

gbu-timetable/
│
├── timetable/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── cli.py
│
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

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🛠️ Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/shashaaankkkkk/gbu-timetable
cd gbu-timetable
pip install -e .

Run locally:

timetable

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📚 Dependencies

• requests
• readchar
• rich

Installed automatically via pip.

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👨‍💻 Author

Shashank Shekhar Full Stack Developer & CLI Tool Builder

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/shashaaankkkkk/

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📄 License

MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.

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