0.0.5 • Published 10 years ago
bos-bikes v0.0.5
bos-bikes 
This module is a command line tool that gets you the real-time info on Hubway stations. Particularly the number of bikes available for rent and the number of available docks.
Installation
> npm install -g bos-bikesDon't forget the "-g" to install it globally. (then you can run the bikes command anywhere)
Usage
On your terminal:
> bikes `station-id`Basically the bikes command and whatever station you want to check.
At first, you will obviously not know the id of a particular station.
You can get that with the command bikes. It is a deliberate api design decision. The reality is that you most frequently use only 3 to 4 stations anyways. By your fourth use, you will know the id by heart (one or two digits). Then you can pretty much make the query in less a second.
Station's names and ids
| id | name |
|---|---|
| id: 3 | station: Colleges of the Fenway |
| id: 4 | station: Tremont St. at Berkeley St. |
| id: 5 | station: Northeastern U / North Parking Lot |
| id: 6 | station: Cambridge St. at Joy St. |
| id: 7 | station: Fan Pier |
| id: 8 | station: Union Square - Brighton Ave. at Cambridge St. |
| id: 9 | station: Agganis Arena - 925 Comm Ave. |
| id: 10 | station: B.U. Central - 725 Comm. Ave. |
| id: 11 | station: Longwood Ave / Binney St |
| id: 12 | station: Ruggles Station / Columbus Ave. |
| id: 13 | station: Boston Medical Center - East Concord at Harrison Ave |
| id: 14 | station: HMS / HSPH - Ave. Louis Pasteur at Longwood Ave. |
| id: 15 | station: Harvard Real Estate - Brighton Mills - 370 Western Ave |
| id: 16 | station: Back Bay / South End Station |
| id: 17 | station: Harvard University Housing - 111 Western Ave. at Soldiers Field Park |
| id: 19 | station: Buswell St. at Park Dr. |
| id: 20 | station: Aquarium Station - 200 Atlantic Ave. |
| id: 21 | station: Prudential Center / Belvidere |
| id: 22 | station: South Station - 700 Atlantic Ave. |
| id: 23 | station: Mayor Martin J Walsh - 28 State St |
| id: 24 | station: Seaport Square - Seaport Blvd. at Boston Wharf |
| id: 25 | station: Tremont St / W Newton St |
| id: 26 | station: Washington St. at Waltham St. |
| id: 27 | station: Roxbury Crossing Station |
| id: 29 | station: Innovation Lab - 125 Western Ave. at Batten Way |
| id: 30 | station: Brigham Cir / Huntington Ave |
| id: 31 | station: Seaport Hotel |
| id: 32 | station: Landmark Centre |
| id: 33 | station: Kenmore Sq / Comm Ave |
| id: 35 | station: Franklin St. / Arch St. |
| id: 36 | station: Boston Public Library - 700 Boylston St. |
| id: 37 | station: New Balance - 20 Guest St. |
| id: 38 | station: TD Garden - Causeway at Portal Park #2 |
| id: 39 | station: Washington St. at Rutland St. |
| id: 40 | station: Lewis Wharf - Atlantic Ave. |
| id: 41 | station: Packard's Corner - Comm. Ave. at Brighton Ave. |
| id: 42 | station: Boylston St. at Arlington St. |
| id: 43 | station: Rowes Wharf - Atlantic Ave |
| id: 44 | station: Faneuil Hall - Union St. at North St. |
| id: 45 | station: Yawkey Way at Boylston St. |
| id: 46 | station: Christian Science Plaza |
| id: 47 | station: Cross St. at Hanover St. |
| id: 48 | station: Post Office Square |
| id: 49 | station: Stuart St. at Charles St. |
| id: 50 | station: Boylston St / Berkeley St |
| id: 51 | station: Washington St. at Lenox St. |
| id: 52 | station: Newbury St / Hereford St |
| id: 53 | station: Beacon St / Mass Ave |
| id: 54 | station: Tremont St / West St |
| id: 55 | station: Boylston / Mass Ave |
| id: 56 | station: Dudley Square |
| id: 57 | station: Columbus Ave. at Mass. Ave. |
| id: 58 | station: The Esplanade - Beacon St. at Arlington St. |
| id: 59 | station: Chinatown Gate Plaza - Surface Rd. at Beach St. |
| id: 60 | station: Charles Circle - Charles St. at Cambridge St. |
| id: 61 | station: Boylston at Fairfield |
| id: 63 | station: Dorchester Ave. at Gillette Park |
| id: 64 | station: Congress / Sleeper |
| id: 65 | station: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center |
| id: 66 | station: Allston Green District - Commonwealth Ave & Griggs St |
| id: 67 | station: MIT at Mass Ave / Amherst St |
| id: 68 | station: Central Square at Mass Ave / Essex St |
| id: 69 | station: Coolidge Corner - Beacon St @ Centre St |
| id: 70 | station: Harvard Kennedy School at Bennett St / Eliot St |
| id: 71 | station: Conway Park - Somerville Avenue |
| id: 72 | station: One Broadway / Kendall Sq at Main St / 3rd St |
| id: 73 | station: Harvard Square at Brattle St / Eliot St |
| id: 74 | station: Harvard Square at Mass Ave/ Dunster |
| id: 75 | station: Lafayette Square at Mass Ave / Main St / Columbia St |
| id: 76 | station: Central Sq Post Office / Cambridge City Hall at Mass Ave / Pleasant St |
| id: 77 | station: Somerville City Hall |
| id: 78 | station: Union Square - Somerville |
| id: 79 | station: Beacon St at Washington / Kirkland |
| id: 80 | station: MIT Stata Center at Vassar St / Main St |
| id: 81 | station: Boylston St / Washington St |
| id: 82 | station: Washington Square at Washington St. / Beacon St. |
| id: 84 | station: CambridgeSide Galleria - CambridgeSide PL at Land Blvd |
| id: 85 | station: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Charlestown Navy Yard |
| id: 87 | station: Harvard University Housing - 115 Putnam Ave at Peabody Terrace |
| id: 88 | station: Inman Square at Vellucci Plaza / Hampshire St |
| id: 89 | station: Harvard Law School at Mass Ave / Jarvis St |
| id: 90 | station: Lechmere Station at Cambridge St / First St |
| id: 91 | station: One Kendall Square at Hampshire St / Portland St |
| id: 92 | station: UMass Boston Integrated Sciences Complex |
| id: 93 | station: JFK / UMASS at MBTA Station |
| id: 94 | station: Charlestown - Main St at Austin St |
| id: 95 | station: Cambridge St - at Columbia St / Webster Ave |
| id: 96 | station: Cambridge Main Library at Broadway / Trowbridge St |
| id: 97 | station: Harvard University River Houses at DeWolfe St / Cowperthwaite St |
| id: 98 | station: Charlestown - Warren St at Chelsea St |
| id: 99 | station: Wilson Square |
| id: 100 | station: Davis Square |
| id: 102 | station: Powder House Circle - Nathan Tufts Park |
| id: 103 | station: JFK Crossing at Harvard St. / Thorndike St. |
| id: 104 | station: Harvard University Radcliffe Quadrangle at Shepard St / Garden St |
| id: 105 | station: Lower Cambridgeport at Magazine St/Riverside Rd |
| id: 106 | station: Mt Pleasant Ave / Dudley Town Common |
| id: 107 | station: Ames St at Main St |
| id: 108 | station: Harvard University / SEAS Cruft-Pierce Halls at 29 Oxford St |
| id: 109 | station: TD Garden - Causeway at Portal Park #1 |
| id: 110 | station: Harvard University Gund Hall at Quincy St / Kirkland S |
| id: 111 | station: Packard Ave / Powderhouse Blvd |
| id: 113 | station: Andrew Station - Dorchester Ave at Humboldt Pl |
| id: 114 | station: Teele Square at 239 Holland St |
| id: 115 | station: Porter Square Station |
| id: 116 | station: 359 Broadway - Broadway at Fayette Street |
| id: 117 | station: Binney St / Sixth St |
| id: 118 | station: Linear Park - Mass. Ave. at Cameron Ave. |
| id: 119 | station: South Boston Library - 646 East Broadway |
| id: 120 | station: Charles St at Beacon St |
| id: 121 | station: West Broadway at Dorchester St |
| id: 122 | station: BIDMC - Brookline at Burlington St |
| id: 123 | station: JP Center - Centre Street at Myrtle Street |
| id: 124 | station: Curtis Hall at South Street |
| id: 125 | station: Hyde Square at Barbara St |
| id: 126 | station: Egleston Square at Columbus Ave |
| id: 128 | station: E. Cottage St at Columbia Rd |
| id: 129 | station: Hayes Square at Vine St. |
| id: 130 | station: Upham's Corner - Ramsey St at Dudley St |
| id: 131 | station: Jackson Square T at Centre St |
| id: 133 | station: Green St T |
| id: 134 | station: New Balance Store - Boylston at Dartmouth |
| id: 135 | station: ID Building East |
| id: 136 | station: ID Building West |
| id: 137 | station: Magoun Square at Trum Field |
| id: 138 | station: Mass Ave at Newmarket Square |
| id: 139 | station: Dana Park |
| id: 140 | station: Danehy Park |
| id: 141 | station: Kendall Street |
| id: 142 | station: Alewife Station at Russell Field |
| id: 143 | station: EF - North Point Park |
| id: 145 | station: Rindge Avenue - O'Neill Library |
| id: 146 | station: Day Boulevard |
| id: 149 | station: Harvard University Transportation Services - 175 North Harvard St |
| id: 150 | station: State Street at Channel Center |
| id: 151 | station: John F Fitzgerald - Surface Road at India Street |
| id: 152 | station: Ink Block |
| id: 159 | station: Heath St at South Huntington |
| id: 160 | station: Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| id: 161 | station: West Broadway at D Street |
| id: 162 | station: Franklin Park - Seaver Street at Humbolt Ave |
| id: 163 | station: Lawn on D |
| id: 167 | station: Ryan Playground - Dorchester Avenue Station |
| id: 169 | station: Edwards Playground - Main Street & Eden Street |
| id: 170 | station: Franklin Park Zoo |
| id: 171 | station: Bunker Hill Community College |
| id: 173 | station: Savin Hill MBTA Station |
| id: 174 | station: Washington St at Brock St |
| id: 175 | station: Brighton Center |
| id: 176 | station: Lesley University |
| id: 177 | station: University Park |
| id: 178 | station: MIT Pacific St at Purrington St |
| id: 179 | station: MIT Vassar St |
| id: 180 | station: Mt Auburn |
| id: 186 | station: Congress St and Northern Ave |
| id: 189 | station: Kendall T |
| id: 190 | station: Nashua Street at Red Auerbach Way |
| id: 192 | station: Purchase St at Pearl St |
| id: 193 | station: Brookline Village - Station Street @ MBTA |
| id: 194 | station: Broadway St at Mt Pleasant St |
Raison d'être
Going to the Hubway's map (resizing, load time) multiple times a day will waste some of your precious time. If you are using Boston's bike sharing system on a regular basis, download this global package and get the number of available bikes and docks on a particular station instantly, right in your command line.
Api
No api to mess with. Enter the command bikes and the station-id and get an instant update (number of bikes and docks available). Enter bikes only to get the updated list of stations ids and name.
few lines of code.
License
MIT © Mohamed Hayibor