README.md

carpark-data

This repository pulls data from https://api.data.gov.sg/v1/transport/carpark-availability every hour using Github Actions. Raw results are stored in /data using script.py

Everytime new data arrives, data_parser_usingdict.py checks for when carpark_data.json is last updated and appends the unupdated data to the dictionary in final_carpark_data.json

final_carpark_data.json is a dictionary where the keys are the carpark numbers while the values are ordered in the following manner:

carpark_number: [
				lot_type,
				lots_available (at time1),
				total_lots,
				time,
				lots_available (at time2),
				time2,
				lots_available (at time3),
				time3,
				...]

The end of the file also containts a timestamp that indicates when the file was last updated. Admittedly, I would've prefered for the appending of lots_available to be in the form of a nested list to seperate each timing nicely but unfortunately this was the best way I could find combining dictionaries with similar keys.

Note

Stopped on 8/3/2022. Github actions failed after new carparks was added to the data and broke my code OOPS. looks like combining dictionaries with different keys was the problem... D:

Future Developments

- Parse data from /data to create a master file for each carpark. done!

• Automate a graph from the data that updates over time.