I am pretty sure this is all the code needed for the video, It might help as a reference.
import urllib
import webbrowser
import time
from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse
u = urllib.urlopen("http://ctabustracker.com/bustime/map/getBusesForRoute.jsp?route=22")
data = u.read()
with open("rt22.xml", "wb") as f:
f.write(data)
f.close()
office_lat = 41.980262
doc = parse("rt22.xml")
def distance(lat1, lat2):
'Return approx miles between lat1 and lat2'
return 69 * abs(lat1 - lat2)
def check_bus_location():
for bus in doc.findall("bus"):
if bus.findtext("lat") >= office_lat:
latitude = float(bus.findtext("lat"))
longitude = float(bus.findtext("lon"))
bus_id = (bus.findtext("id"))
direction = bus.findtext("d")
north_buses = [[bus_id, latitude, longitude]]
if direction.startswith("North"):
print('%s %s %0.2f miles' % (bus_id, direction, distance(latitude, office_lat)))
for bus in north_buses:
if distance(float(latitude), office_lat) < 0.5:
print(webbrowser.open(
'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?size=500x500&sensor=false&markers=|%f,%f' % (
latitude, longitude)))
while True:
check_bus_location()
time.sleep(10)
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solved python script from youtube video doesn’t work