Uber Price Estimation Project (Is possible than the API library is not longer working - deprecated)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Usage
4. Code Structure
5. References

Introduction

This project aims to estimate Uber prices using Uber's API and store the data in a MySQL database. The code fetches price estimates for a specific route and stores various metrics like distance, duration, low and high estimates, and more into a MySQL database.

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• MySQL
• Uber API Token

Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/uber-estimate.git

2. Install the required Python packages

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up MySQL database and replace the credentials in the code.

Usage

Run the main script to start fetching and storing Uber price estimates.

python main.py

Code Structure

• main.py: The main script that runs the price estimation and database storage.
• config.py: Contains configuration variables like MySQL credentials and Uber API token.

Functions

• get_uber_estimate(): Fetches the Uber price estimates
• convert_to_dataframe(): Converts the JSON response to a Pandas DataFrame.
• calculate_metrics(): Calculates various metrics like average price, duration, etc.
• insert_into_db(): Inserts the calculated metrics into the MySQL database.

References

• Coordenadas GPS: https://www.coordenadas-gps.com/
• Uber API Documentation: https://developer.uber.com/docs/riders/ride-requests/tutorials/api/python