San Francisco Food Trucks

A python command line program that prints out an alphabetically ordered list of all food trucks (10 at a time) that are open at that moment.

This program uses the Mobile Food Schedule API, a subset of the The San Francisco Data API found here.

To view assignment requirements, see assignment.md.

Prepping for the program

• Make sure you have Python 2.7 installed.
  • python --version
  • If no Python is installed, see the offical installation instructions here
• You will need two external Python libraries, which you can install using Pip.
  • pip install requests
    • This Python addon is used to make HTTP requests to the external API
  • pip install tabulate
    • This will make your food truck console output pretty 🌻
• If you plan to use this API heavily, get an App Token from the San Francisco API website here
  • Place the API token in your environment using the key name FT_APP_TOKEN
    • Edit your shell profile (i.e. .bashrc) to export the new variable
    • Your .bashrc file can be found by typing cd ~ ls -a. Open it in your editor of choice.
    • If it doesn't exist, create it by typing touch ~/.bashrc.
    • Inside your .bashrc, add export FT_APP_TOKEN="<paste from website>"
    • Save and reload your shell by typing source ~/.bashrc
  • The program can be run without a token, but your usage will be throttled.

Executing the program

• Git clone this repository
• Navigate into the folder food-trucks in your command line.
  • cd food-trucks
• Run test (yes singular, sorry) by typing python tests.py
• Run the program by typing python show-open-food-trucks.py
• Follow the instructions given in the console for more