Tufts Dining

A Python package for retrieving dining menu data for Tufts University Dining.

Installation

Install tufts_dining using pip (or pip3)

pip install tufts_dining

Usage

This package exports the TuftsDining class, so the way to use it now is to instantiate a TuftsDining object

from tufts_dining import TuftsDining
carm = TuftsDining("Carmichael Dining Center")

Note: importing the package as tufts-dining will not work, make sure to use tufts_dining while importing the class.

To view a list of available dining locations, you can view the locations attribute of the previously instantiated TuftsDining object

$ carm.locations
['Carmichael Dining Center', 'Dewick Dining Center', 'The Commons Marketplace', 'Hodgdon Food On-the-Run', 'Pax et Lox Glatt Kosher Deli', 'Kindlevan Cafe']

Note: The locations supplied to the constructor are case-sensitive

After an object of TuftsDining has been instantiated, you can use a number of methods to extract dining menu data. The following methods are available:

# get the entire menu
full_menu = carm.menu()

# get the breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner menu
carm_breakfast = carm.breakfast()
carm_brunch = carm.brunch()
carm_lunch = carm.lunch()
carm_dinner = carm.dinner()

If no arguments are passed to the aforementioned methods, the date is set to "Today" by default. If you want to extract the menu for a different date, you can pass it to the respective methods as a string in MM-DD-YYYY format

hodge = TuftsDining("Hodgdon Food On-the-Run")

# get the menu for 23rd February, 2021
hodge_menu = hodge.menu("02-23-2021")

Author

Ankur Dahal - @dahalankur

Changelog

0.1.0 - 01/29/2021

Initial release, version 0.1.0.