mbtapuller

Goals

Provide a user-facing real-time train tracker
Collect real-time subway data for extended analysis
Learn about data analytics and storage

Requirements

Python 3.6
requests
flask
sqlalchemy
geopy
pytz
vcrpy
pymysql
redis

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/nettube/mbtapuller.git && cd mbtapuller
Put your MBTA API key in secrets.py

For an automatic setup using Docker:

docker-compose up

For a manual setup:

Optionally customize Database.py with MySQL details (SQLite is assumed otherwise)
pip install requests flask sqlalchemy geopy vcrpy pytz mysql-python
python initial_setup.py (auto-creates mbta.db in the same directory)
python app.py (or USE_MYSQL=1 python app.py for MySQL)