UK Fuel Prices

Pull UK Fuel Price data from sources listed here. Please note the data is not complete, and does not include pricing for every fuel station in the UK. More information is available at the link.

Installation

The package is available to install with pip

pip install uk-fuel-prices-api

Example

Initialise

Import the package, and retrieve price information. get_prices() should be called whenever you want to update the pricing data. Please bear in mind that at this time, most companies are only updating their data feeds every 24 hours.

from uk_fuel_prices_api import UKFuelPricesApi
api = UKFuelPricesApi();

await api.get_prices()

Search

Search for all stations matching value

await api.search("searchstring")

# Only return first 5 results
await api.search("searchstring", 5)

Site ID

Get single Station by known site_id

station = await api.get_site_id("siteid")

Nearest

Get n stations nearest to lat lnt point

lat, lng = 53.743175, -1.882085  # Halifax Esso
nearest_stations = api.nearestN(lat, lng)

Stations Within a Given Radius

Get all fuel stations within a radium (in km) of lat lng pt

lat, lng = 53.743175, -1.882085  # Halifax Esso
radius = 5

stations = api.stationsWithinRadius(lat, lng, radius)

Sort Stations by Price

Sort list of stations by price.

Currently fuel_type should be

• "E10" (petrol)
• "E5" (petrol)
• "B7" (diesel)
• "SDV" (super-grade diesel)

# Get some stations
lat, lng = 53.743175, -1.882085
radius = 10
stations = api.stationsWithinRadius(lat, lng, radius)

# Sort by E10 price
fuel_type = "E10"
sorted_stations = api.sortByPrice(stations, fuel_type)