Communautofinder

Problem

Communauto, available at https://communauto.com/, offers the possibility to rent cars. During peak periods, finding a car can be challenging. The only option for the app user is to manually refresh until they find a car, which is time-consuming.

Goal

The Communautofinder Go package provides methods for automatically calling the Communauto API until a car is found based on your search criteria:

• Communauto car type (flex or station)
• GPS position
• Search perimeter
• Date

Getting Communautofinder

Install the package

$ go get github.com/craftlion/communautofinder

then import in your code

import "github.com/craftlion/communautofinder"

Usage

• You can call SearchStationCar() or SearchFlexCar()
• You can call SearchFlexCarForGoRoutine() or SearchStationCarForGoRoutine() as goroutine

Exemple

func TestUseExemple(t *testing.T) {

	const cityId = 59 // see available cities -> https://restapifrontoffice.reservauto.net/ReservautoFrontOffice/index.html?urls.primaryName=Branch%20version%202%20(6.93.1)#/

	var currentCoordinate Coordinate = New(45.538638, -73.570039)
	startDate := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 13)
	endDate := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 14)

	// Search flex car
	nbCarFoundFlex := SearchFlexCar(cityId, currentCoordinate, 10)
	fmt.Printf("Flex cars found : %d \n", nbCarFoundFlex)

	// Search station car
	nbCarFoundStation := SearchStationCar(cityId, currentCoordinate, 10, startDate, endDate)
	fmt.Printf("Station cars found : %d \n", nbCarFoundStation)

	/////////////////////////////////

	var resultsChannelStation = make(chan int, 1)
	var resultsChannelFlex = make(chan int, 1)

	defer close(resultsChannelStation)
	defer close(resultsChannelFlex)

	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

	// Search flex car with go routine
	go SearchFlexCarForGoRoutine(cityId, currentCoordinate, 10, resultsChannelFlex, ctx, cancel)
	nbCarFoundFlex = <-resultsChannelFlex
	fmt.Printf("Flex cars found : %d \n", nbCarFoundFlex)

	// Search station car with go routine
	go SearchStationCarForGoRoutine(cityId, currentCoordinate, 10, startDate, endDate, resultsChannelStation, ctx, cancel)
	nbCarFoundStation = <-resultsChannelStation
	fmt.Printf("Station cars found : %d \n", nbCarFoundStation)

	cancel()
}