Flights notifier can get the status of your flights and notify you the status. When flights are likely to be delayed or cancelled, this script will allow you to get the most up to date information easily so you can be more prepared for your journey.
system install in debian / ubuntu:
sudo dpkg -i deb_dist/python-flights-notifier_0.0.0-1_all.deb
system install as root:
sudo python setup.py install
user install in ~/.local/bin/:
python setup.py install --user
[flights-notifier] tempdir = /var/tmp/flights-notifier [smtp] server = smtp.gmail.com port = 587 login = [email protected] password = password name = Travel Notifier email = [email protected]
Settings:
- tempdir is a directory that flights-notifier can use to store data.
Currently we only have:
- Manchester
- Amsterdam (Schiphol)
To write a new airport plugin for the flights notifier, create a python file in the airports/ directory with the airport name, e.g. travel/airports/hongkong.py.
The new plugin will need to be imported in travel/airports/__init__.py:
import hongkong
in hongkong.py, you need define a function get_flight_info which takes a flight number and returns some information in form of a dict. Currently, only "status" is looked at:
def get_flight_info(flight_number):
return {
'status': 'Delayed',
}
flights-notifier manchester AB1234 -e [email protected],[email protected] -c ~/flights-notifier.cfg
You can edit crontab by "crontab -e":
Check flight AB1234 in Manchester every 5 minutes on 20-21 December:
*/5 * 20-21 12 * flights-notifier manchester AB1234 -e [email protected],[email protected] -c ~/flights-notifier.cfg
There is also a trains notifier script which notifies you status of your trains (in the UK only). Most useful to commuters.
To check the status of the train going from Leeds to York at 07:50 during weekdays, in crontab:
*/5 7 * * mon-fri trains-notifier leeds york 07:50 -e [email protected] -c ~/flights-notifier.cfg