pyMensa

pyMensa

A python package for accessing mensa menus at ETH and UZH Zürich

Installation

pip3 install pyMensa

Usage

This package lets you access mensa menus at ETH and UZH Zürich. This package will only let you access menus at lunch time of the current day.

Get Meals

It is very simple to get meals for a mensa:

import pyMensa

meals = pyMensa.get_meals("Polymensa")

for meal in meals:
    print(meal)
    print()

Example Output:

LOCAL (STUD:10.50 STAFF:11.50 EXTERN:15.50)
	Dieses Menu servieren wir Ihnen gerne bald wieder!


STREET (STUD:9.90 STAFF:11.90 EXTERN:15.90)
	The New York Burger
	Schweizer Rindfleisch
	oder Vegi-Grillburger
	Sesam Maxi-Bun, Cheddar,
	Eisberg, Tomaten, Gurken, 
	BBQ Relish und Chips

GARDEN (STUD:6.20 STAFF:9.30 EXTERN:12.70)
	Vegan Day
	Seitan mit Blumenkohl,
	Kichererbsen und Harissa-Sauce

etc ...

Get Mensa

You can also just query for a Mensa Object:

import pyMensa

unimensa = pyMensa.get_mensa("uni")

print(unimensa.name)
print(unimensa.aliases)

meals = unimensa.get_meals()
for meal in meals:
    print(meal)
    print()

Example Output:

UZH Zentrum
['zentrum', 'uni', 'uzh zentrum', 'uzhzentrum']
einfach gut (STUD:5.40 STAFF:7.00 EXTERN:10.50)
	 Rindshackfleisch-Pilzragout
	mit hausgemachten Spätzli und Weisskabis
	Fleisch:Rind, CH


natürlich vegi (STUD:5.40 STAFF:7.00 EXTERN:10.50)
	 Gefüllte Aubergine mit Sojagehacktem Tomatensauce und Bratkartoffeln Menüsalat oder Apfelmus

Objects

This is a descripition of all objects used by this package.

Meal

This object describes a generic meal.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
label	str	The label/name of that meal
price_student	str	The price for students
price_staff	str	The price for staff
price_extern	str	The price for other guests
description	str array	A list of descriptions, usually ingredients.

Functions:

Name	Return Type	Description
str	str	Returns the string representation of the meal

Mensa

This object describes a generic mensa.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
name	str	The name of the mensa
aliases	str array	A list of alternative names that can be entered when searching

Functions:

Name	Return Type	Description
get_meals	Meal array	Returns list of available Meals
has_alias	bool	Checks if the given alias corresponds to that mensa

ETH Mensa

This object inherits from the generic Mensa object and implements the get_meals function for the ETH Gastro API

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
api_name	str	The name of the mensa in the ETH Gastro API

Functions:

Name	Return Type	Description
get_meals	Meal array	Fetches meals using the ETH Gastro API

UNI Mensa

This object inherits from the generic Mensa object and implements the get_meals function for the UZH Mensa Website which is unfortunately much slower that working with the proper API ETH provides us with, but we have no choice.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
api_name	str	The name of the mensa on the UZH Mensa Website

Functions:

Name	Return Type	Description
get_meals	Meal array	Fetches meals from the UZH Mensa Website

Available Mensas

Here is a list of all available Mensas and their corresponding aliases:

Name	Aliases
Mensa Polyterrasse	poly, polymensa, polyterrasse, mensa polyterrasse
Food&Lab	foodlab, food lab, food&lab
Causiusbar	clausius, clausiusbar, lausiusbar, lausius
Polysnack	polysnack, snack
Trailerburger	foodtrailer, trailer, trailerburger
Alumni quattro Lounge	alumni, alumnilounge, alumni lounge
Bellavista	bellavista, bella vista
Fusion Meal	fusion, fusionmeal, fusion meal
G-ESSbar	gess, gessbar, g-essbar, essbar
Tannenbar	tanne, tannenbar, tannen bar
Dozentenfoyer	dozentenfoyer, dozenten, foyer, dozenten foyer
Plattenstrasse	platte, plattestross, plattenstrasse, plattestrass
Rämi 59	rämi, raemi, rämi59, raemi59, rämi 59, raemi 59, raemistrasse, rämistrasse, rämistross
UZH Mercato	mercato
UZH Zentrum	zentrum, uni, uzh zentrum, uzhzentrum
UZH Lichthof	lichthof, rondell
UZH Irchel	irchel, irchel mensa, irchelmensa
UZH Irchel Atrium	irchel atrium, atrium
UZH Binzmühle	binzmühle, binzmuehle
UZH Cityport	cityport
UZH Zahnmedizin	zahnmedizin, zzm
UZH Tierspital	tierspital
UZH Botanischer Garten	botanischergarten, botanischer garten, garten, botgarten