zbb

„zurück bleiben, bitte!“

zbb is a CLI fetching the latest schedules for the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG).

It provides the latest disruptions and delays on your favorite lines while you enjoy the comfort of your terminal.

Here is an example of output for a search regarding the Bus 245 from Berlin Main Station.

This looks like a bad commute!

How does zzb work?

zbb works by scraping http://mobil.bvg.de

Why?

• The BVG has an official API but developers need to officially apply to be granted an API key.
• I wanted to play with Rust.
• I actually need this :)

Prior art

• Lots of projects have followed the same strategy to by-pass the need for an API key.
• zbb pretends by no mean to do something new nor original.

Usage

By default, calling zbb without any arguments will start the interactive mode. It consists in a series of questions to find out what you want.

If you want to repeat a query that you know to be valid, you can use the fast mode.

-F, --fast <STATION> <LINE> used to by-pass the interactive mode

e.g. zbb --fast Sonnenallee S42

Then nothing prevents you from creating an alias :)

alias next-train-home='zbb --fast Sonnenallee S42'