Live car parking spaces in Norwich, UK

This package provides real-time information about available parking spaces in car parks and park & ride sites around Norwich. The data is sourced from an XML feed which is maintained by Norfolk County Council and refreshed every 5 minutes.

Installation

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install live_parking_norwich

Usage

from live_parking_norwich import LiveParkingNorwich

# Create new Usage object
usage = LiveParkingNorwich()

# Returns a list of CarPark objects
car_parks = usage.refresh()

# Check for success
if usage.success:

    print(f"Last updated: {usage.last_updated}")

    # Iterate through each CarPark object
    for car_park in car_parks:

        print("---")
        print(f"{car_park.code} | {car_park.name}")
        print(f"{car_park.occupancy}% full | {car_park.status}")
        print(f"{car_park.occupied_spaces} used")
        print(f"{car_park.remaining_spaces} remaining")
        print(f"{car_park.total_capacity} in total")

else:
    print(usage.error_message)
    print(usage.traceback)

Last updated: 2024-02-18 15:37:24
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CPN0017 | Chantry Place, Chapelfield Road,
53.0% full | enoughSpacesAvailable
520 used
455 remaining
975 in total
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CPN0016 | ThickThorn, Norwich Road, Norwich
4.0% full | enoughSpacesAvailable
33 used
693 remaining
726 in total
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CPN0015 | Harford, Ipswich Road, Norwich
0.0% full | carParkClosed
0 used
798 remaining
798 in total
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CarPark attributes

Attribute	Type
code	String
name	String
occupancy	String
status	String
occupied_spaces	Integer
remaining_spaces	Integer
total_capacity	Integer

CarPark.status values

Status	Description
carParkClosed	The specified car park is closed.
allCarParksFull	All car parks are full within a specified area.
carParkFacilityFaulty	The specified car parking facility is not operating normally.
carParkFull	A specified car park is completely occupied.
carParkStatusUnknown	The status of the specified car park(s) is unknown.
enoughSpacesAvailable	Specified car parks have car-parking spaces available.
multiStoryCarParksFull	Multi level car parks are fully occupied.
noMoreParkingSpacesAvailable	Specified car parks are fully occupied.
noParkAndRideInformation	No park and ride information will be available until the specified time.
noParkingAllowed	No parking allowed until the specified time.
noParkingInformationAvailable	Car parking information is not available until a specified time.
normalParkingRestrictionsLifted	The parking restrictions that normally apply in the specified location have been temporarily lifted.
onlyAFewSpacesAvailable	Specified car parks have 95% or greater occupancy.
parkAndRideServiceNotOperating	Park and ride services are not operating until the specified time.
parkAndRideServiceOperating	Park and ride services are operating until the specified time.
specialParkingRestrictionsInForce	Parking restrictions, other than those that normally apply, are in force in a specified area.

Licence

Open Government Licence