avv is a commandline client for the http://fahrplan.avv.de/ interface. It requests bus connections inside the AVV area.
Find a connection from point A to point B:
avv [from-city] from-stop [to-city] to-stop
When no city is specified, Aachen is assumed (as I live there now).
Example output:
$ avv Aachen "Am Hügel" "Königstraße"
Von Aachen Am Hügel nach Aachen Königstraße
-------------------------------------------
Linie ab Um. an
-----------------------------
23 20:46 0 20:49
23 21:16 0 21:19
23 21:46 0 21:49
Show departures from a given stop in Aachen:
avv from-stop
Do not want to start immediately? Just pass a time:
avv from-stop -t 14:00
Example output:
$ avv "Am Hügel" -t 8:00
Abfahrt Aachen, Am Hügel
------------------------
08:08 22 Stolberg (Rheinland), Mühlener Bahnhof (Bus)
08:13 12 Aachen, Campus Melaten
08:23 12 Stolberg (Rheinland), Münsterbusch Buschmühle Friedhof
First you need mechanize:
gem install mechanize
Then copy the avv.rb file to a folder of your $PATH and you're ready to use it.
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