Can I charge?

It's a question you might have asked yourself before if you have a BEV/PHEV. This utility allows you to check if your favorite charging stations are available for your car to charge, right from the warmth of your terminal! No need to go outside and physically check if the charging station is available, and possibly return disappointed because it was occupied.

How to install

$ pip install can-i-charge

How to use

CLI

The CLI can be used in the following ways:

# Using arguments
$ can-i-charge --station <SERIAL1> --station <SERIAL2> --station <SERIAL3>
# Using env variables
$ export STATIONS="<SERIAL1> <SERIAL2>"
$ can-i-charge

You can pass as many stations as you want. At least one valid is needed however to actually return some data. The serials for the charging stations can be found on the charging station or on websites like shellrecharge.

Prometheus Exporter

This utility can also be used as a Prometheus exporter:

# Using arguments
$ can-i-charge --station <SERIAL1> --station <SERIAL2> --station <SERIAL3> --exporter --port <default is 9041> --interval <default is 60 seconds>
# Using env variables
$ export STATIONS="<SERIAL1> <SERIAL2>"
$ export EXPORTER=1
# Optionally also overwrite default interval and port
$ export EXPORTER_PORT=9000
$ export EXPORTER_INTERVAL=120
$ can-i-charge

See it in action

Container

Build

$ docker build -t boosterl/can-i-charge:dev .

Run

# Default
$ docker run --rm -e STATIONS='BE-TCB-P104146' boosterl/can-i-charge:dev

# Using exporter
$ docker run --rm -e STATIONS='BE-TCB-P104146' -e EXPORTER='1' -p 9041:9041 boosterl/can-i-charge:dev

# Using docker-compose
$ docker-compose up -d

dgoss

$ dgoss run boosterl/can-i-charge:dev
 INFO: Starting docker container
 INFO: Container ID: 97851a83
 INFO: Sleeping for 0.2
 INFO: Container health
 INFO: Running Tests
 User: can-i-charge: exists: matches expectation: true
 INFO: Deleting container

Acknowledgments

This library uses the excellent python-shellrecharge package.