Uni Ulm Mensa Plan REST API

This project contains a REST API that provides data from the Tanikai/uniulm_mensaparser module.

The parsed data can be accessed here: uulm.anter.dev/api/v1/canteens/ul_uni_sued

Getting Started

These instructions will give you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on deploying the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

This project is tested and deployed with Python 3.9+. It might work with lower versions, but without guarantee.

Installing

Firstly, clone this repository and install the required Python modules:

git clone https://github.com/Tanikai/uniulm_mensa_api.git
cd uniulm_mensa_api
pip install -r requirements.txt

After that, you can run the REST API with:

python run_api.py

Deployment

When you want to deploy the application, you will need a WSGI server. For example, you can use the waitress module:

python -m waitress --port 8080 run_api:application

API Documentation

The following canteens at Ulm University are currently supported:

• Mensa Süd (id: ul_uni_sued)
• Mensa West (id: ul_uni_west)

Support for Mensa Nord (Bistro) is planned.

Path	Description
BASE_URL/api/v1/canteens/CANTEEN_ID/	Get the next daily plan for the specified canteen (days where the canteen is closed are skipped)
BASE_URL/api/v1/canteens/CANTEEN_ID/days/YYYY-MM-DD/meals	Get the canteen plan for a specific day
BASE_URL/api/v1/canteens/CANTEEN_ID/all	Get all plans for the specified canteen
BASE_URL/api/v1/mensaplan.json	Data in FS-ET format (work in progess)

Analytics

To track the API usage in a GDPR-friendly way, a Python integration for Matomo is integrated into the project. It is only enabled when a config.ini file is placed in the root directory (same directory as run_api.py). If you want to connect the API to your Matomo instance, set the following properties:

[Matomo]
enabled = True 
; The URL to your Matomo instance
url = YOUR_MATOMO_URL
; Your Matomo site_id for the API (e.g. 5)
site_id = YOUR_MATOMO_SITE_ID 
; Visitor might be behind a proxy. To change the IP address of the 
; POST Request, an auth token is required. You can get it in Matomo
; under Settings > Personal > Security > Auth tokens.
token_auth = YOUR_API_TOKEN

Built With

• flask for the REST API
• Fork of flask-matomo for tracking
  • Fork repository: github.com/Tanikai/flask-matomo

Authors

• Kai Anter - GitHub - Mastodon

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 - see the LICENSE file for details