eltrak

Heroku

Heroku Free tier is now terminated, so the app is no longer publicly available. All links in the README using the https://eltrak.herokuapp.com URL are invalid. I will try to host it somewhere else soon. In the meantime, you can easily deploy eltrak yourself. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Introduction

eltrak intends to become a free to use API to get shipping status for Greek courier services.

Currently, it supports ACS, Elta, Geniki Taxydromiki, Speedex Courier, Skroutz Last Mile and EasyMail Courier. Due to lack of tracking numbers in a variety of states to test with, some errors are to be expected.

Geniki Taxidromiki is causing Internal Server Errors due to Amazon Cloudfront blocking access from Heroku dynos. Trying to find a proxy solution.

Other Greek courier services will follow, if I can find more tracking codes.

Usage

Simply, perform a GET request to the following URL:

https://eltrak.herokuapp.com/v2/track/[COURIER]/[TRACKINGNUMBER]

For example in Python:

import requests
res = requests.get('https://eltrak.herokuapp.com/v1/track/speedex/010011110101')
print(res.json())

Or if you don't know which courier has issued the tracking number you can use the following URL:

https://eltrak.herokuapp.com/v2/track-all/[TRACKINGNUMBER]

Installation

Deploy to Docker - pull from Docker Hub

1. Pull the Docker image and start the container:

   docker pull gntouts/eltrak:latest
   docker run -d -p 8888:80 eltrak:latest

Deploy locally

In order to run the server locally (or anywhere else) run the following commands:

1. Clone the repository and change directory:

   git clone https://github.com/gntouts/eltrak.git
   cd eltrak

2. Install requirements (it is recommended to use a virtual environment, see venv or Miniconda): Because uvloop does not support Windows at the moment, you need to skip installing it if you are using a Windows machine.

   For Windows:

   pip install -r src/req/windows-requirements.txt

   For Ubuntu and Debian:

   pip install -r src/req/requirements.txt

3. Activate your environment (if you used one) and run the server

   cd src
   uvicorn app:app --port=8888

Deploy to Docker - build it yourself

1. Clone the repository and change directory:

   git clone https://github.com/gntouts/eltrak.git
   cd eltrak

2. Build the Docker image from the Dockerfile

   docker build -t eltrak .

3. Start the container

   docker run -dp 8888:80 eltrak

Deploy to Heroku

1. Clone the repository and change directory:

   git clone https://github.com/gntouts/eltrak.git
   cd eltrak
   

2. Create a new app:

   heroku login
   heroku apps:create --region eu eltrak

3. Set your deployment method:

   heroku container:login
   heroku stack:set container -a eltrak
   heroku git:remote -a eltrak

4. Build and push your app to Heroku

   git push heroku main

Other methods

It is also possible to deploy to Caprover using the captain-definition and the dockerfile.

Contributing

Any help is welcome. Even if you just provide me with test tracking numbers.

Projects using eltrak

• gr-courier-tracking