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Tracking TNT Passport Delivery
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:41 am
by digitaldrifta
I'm a nerd so I wrote a bash script to monitor the progress of my passport delivery from TNT.
All you need is a Mac, any terminal (I use iterm2) and jq installed.
Update below with your postcode and your reference number (without PEX)
Save as a .sh file and run.
It will query the API every 60 seconds, if the latest scan's co-ordinates are different, it will open a Chrome window showing where it was scanned on google maps.
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#!/bin/bash
postcode="XXXXXX"
ref="XXXXXXXXX"
last_url=""
while true
do
# Fetch JSON from TNT tracking API and extract latest scan's location as Google Maps URL
url=$(curl -s "https://delivery.tnt.com/consignment-svc/api/v1/consignments/tracking?postcode=$postcode&pan=$ref" | jq -r '.[].stops[].scans[-1].location | "https://www.google.com/maps/search/" + (.latitude | tostring) + "," + (.longitude | tostring)')
# Open Google Maps URL in Chrome if different from last URL
if [[ "$url" != "$last_url" ]]; then
open -a "Google Chrome" "$url"
last_url="$url"
fi
sleep 60
done
Use it or don't use it
Someone may find it useful.
Re: Tracking TNT Passport Delivery
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:53 am
by digitaldrifta
I can't seem to edit the first post. When you run the script initially it will open googlemaps to the most recent scan, for example when I open the script it takes me here:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/51.3 ... 0.14445733
This looks like the Croydon TNT Depot.
Re: Tracking TNT Passport Delivery
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:10 am
by Newbritish
Amazing!! Being a tech nerd pays off!
I don’t have a Mac and have no clue about using scripts/software programming etc. hhhh imagine if tnt or hmpo saw your post …
Re: Tracking TNT Passport Delivery
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:14 am
by meself2
WSL should probably work as well, since Mac is a *nix type system.
Re: Tracking TNT Passport Delivery
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:38 am
by digitaldrifta
Here's the python version that has the same functionality, save as .py and run with:
python3 script.py
You will need to have the requests library installed to run this script. You can install it with pip by running:
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import requests
import webbrowser
import json
import time
postcode = "XXXXXX"
ref = "XXXXXXXXX"
last_url = ""
while True:
# Fetch JSON from TNT tracking API and extract latest scan's location as Google Maps URL
response = requests.get(f"https://delivery.tnt.com/consignment-svc/api/v1/consignments/tracking?postcode={postcode}&consignmentNumber=&pan={ref}")
data = json.loads(response.text)
url = f"https://www.google.com/maps/search/{data[0]['stops'][0]['scans'][-1]['location']['latitude']},{data[0]['stops'][0]['scans'][-1]['location']['longitude']}"
# Open Google Maps URL in Chrome if different from last URL
if url != last_url:
webbrowser.get("chrome").open(url)
last_url = url
time.sleep(60)
Re: Tracking TNT Passport Delivery
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:28 pm
by digitaldrifta
Haha so was busy working then suddenly chrome popped up with google maps with the location set to outside my house. Then I heard plop on the floor and realised my passport just been put through the door.
All seems well, no typos or "Official Observations".