Image courtesy of TfL

cyclTracker Plugin for xbar

Author: Kenton Kwok

xbar is a project that allows for the customisation of the macOS toolbar via obtaining the output of a script.

This project uses the TfL APIs to display the dock station availabilities at different Santander cycle docking stations in London. Users can customise which station to show in the script.

Dependencies

• xbar
• Python

How to run

1. Install the latest release of xbar
2. Put the shell inside the plugin directory at ~/Library/Application Support/xbar/plugins
3. Make the script executable: run chmod +x cyclTracker.3m.sh in terminal
4. Ensure that python3 is installed with the requests module (sudo pip3 install requests)
5. Use a text editor to change the stations you wish to display