LADA Car Configurator

Desktop application for configuring LADA vehicles with real-time price calculation, dealer map integration, and secondary market analog search.

✨ Features

Interactive Car Configuration

• Multi-step Selection Process: Brand → Model → Body → Complectation → Engine → Options → Color
• Real-time Price Calculation: Automatic total price updates with formatted display (1 000 000 ₽)
• Visual Preview: High-quality images for each configuration option with scaling optimization

Database Management

• Automatic Data Updates: Parses official LADA API to fetch current models, prices, and specifications
• SQLite Storage: 5 normalized tables (MODEL, BODY, COMPLECTATION, EQUIPMENT, COLOR)
• Unicode Normalization: Proper handling of Cyrillic characters in file paths and database entries

Additional Services

• Dealer Map: Yandex Maps integration with city-based dealer search
• Analog Search: Opens Auto.ru with pre-configured filters (price range ±30%, body type, engine displacement)
• Export Configuration: Save final configuration to .txt file

📦 Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/TrueConf.git
cd TrueConf

Set up virtual environment

Windows/Linux/Mac

python -m venv venv

venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

source venv/bin/activate  # Linux/Mac

Anaconda

conda create --name Lada 
source activate Lada

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Initialize database

python DBUPDATE.py

This downloads current LADA data (~50-100 MB of images) and creates lada.db.

🚀 Usage

Run the application

python Trueconf.py

Configuration Workflow

1. Select Brand: Choose LADA from the main menu
2. Select Model: Granta, Vesta, Largus, Niva, XRAY, Aura, Priora
3. Select Body: Sedan, Hatchback, Universal, SUV, etc.
4. Select Complectation: Standard, Standard Plus, Classic, Comfort, Luxe
5. Select Engine: View available engine options with prices
6. Select Options: Add optional equipment (checkboxes with visual confirmation ✅)
7. Select Color: Choose from available colors with price differences
8. Review: View total price with breakdown by category

Additional Features

Feature	Access	Description
Dealer Map	Button "Карта дилеров"	Search LADA dealers by city on Yandex Maps
Analog Search	Button "🔍 Поиск аналогов"	Opens Auto.ru with pre-filtered search (±30% price, same body/engine)
Save Configuration	Button "Сохранить"	Export configuration to .txt file
Database Update	Settings → Update	Refresh data from LADA API (30 min cooldown)

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Enter in city search → Find dealers
• Esc → Return to previous window (where applicable)

🛠️ Core Modules

Module	Classes
Trueconf.py	Main_window (entry point), Model/Body/Complectation/Engine/Options/Color (config steps), In_total (summary), Dealers_map (Yandex Maps), AnalogSearch (Auto.ru search), Settings/Load (DB update)
DBUPDATE.py	Parsing (base parser), ParsingLada (LADA API parser), UpdateDB (SQLite creator)

📁 Project Structure

lada-configurator/
├── Trueconf.py              # Main application
├── DBUPDATE.py              # Database parser and updater
├── lada.db                  # SQLite database (generated)
├── lada/                    # Images directory (generated)
│   └── pictures/
│       ├── models/
│       ├── bodies/
│       ├── complectations/
│       ├── engines/
│       ├── options/
│       └── colors/
├── ui/                      # Qt Designer .ui files
│   ├── mainmm.ui
│   ├── window.ui
│   ├── fwindow.ui
│   ├── settings.ui
│   └── load.ui
├── setup.py                 # cx_Freeze build configuration
├── requirements.txt         # Python dependencies
└── README.md               # This file

🔧 Compilation

Build standalone .exe (Windows)

python setup.py build

Run compiled application

build\exe.win-amd64-3.11\Trueconf.exe

⚙️ Configuration

Database Update Settings

Parameter	Default	Description
proxy	False	HTTP/HTTPS proxy for API requests
use_headers	True	Include User-Agent and Referer headers
timeout	10-20s	Request timeout per API call
retry	3	Retry attempts on failure
cooldown	30 min	Minimum time between updates

🧩 Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
Database not found	Run python DBUPDATE.py to initialize
API request fails	Enable proxy in Settings, check internet connection
Map not loading	Verify Yandex Maps API key, check internet connection
Auto.ru blocked	Click "Открыть в браузере" to open in system browser
Update cooldown	Wait 30 minutes or delete timeup variable in DB

🤝 Contributing

This is a production application for LADA dealers and customers. Suggestions and improvements are welcome.

Code Standards

• Python 3.10+
• PEP 8 style guide
• Cyrillic comments allowed (UTF-8 encoding)
• PyQt5 signal/slot architecture

📞 Support

• Telegram: @Lil_soupchik
• Issues: GitHub Issues tab
• Documentation: Inline code comments (Russian)

📄 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.