Chai
A command line tool to help book tickets on the Indian Railways.
Installation
Use virtualenv to install packages locally rather than globally.
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ git submodule init && git submodule update
Usage
chai.py [-h] [-v] -t TRAIN_NO -s SRC -d DST -D DAY -m MONTH
[-c {1A,2A,3A,SL,CC}] [-q {GN,CK}]
{avail,optimize} ...
positional arguments:
{avail,optimize} sub-command help
avail find availability between two stations
optimize calculate the best possible route to take between two
stations
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose turn on verbose mode
-t TRAIN_NO, --train_no TRAIN_NO
train number
-s SRC, --src SRC source station code
-d DST, --dst DST destination station code
-D DAY, --day DAY day of travel (dd)
-m MONTH, --month MONTH
month of travel (mm)
-c {1A,2A,3A,SL,CC}, --class {1A,2A,3A,SL,CC}
class of travel
-q {GN,CK}, --quota {GN,CK}
class code
Example
$ python chai.py -t 12802 -s NDLS -d KGP -D 30 -m 4 avail
RAC3/RAC 3
$ python chai.py -t 12802 -s NDLS -d KGP -D 30 -m 4 optimize
Fetching stations on route... done.
Using up to 100 concurrent connections.
Fetching availability... 100%
Optimum plan is:
NDLS --> CNB ( 1 stations ) : AVAILABLE 33
CNB --> KGP ( 19 stations ) : AVAILABLE 3