fooda

Fooda Command Line Interface (CLI)

Where my food(a) at?

Installation

• Install the Fooda CLI using Node Package Manager (NPM) by typing npm install fooda -g into your terminal.

Commands

• To see what's cooking at a specific location, type fooda menu {location}.
• For example, fooda menu davenport returns the menu for the Davenport building, today.
• Currently, the only supported location options are davenport and hubspot (I know, I know). I get to why a bit later.

Moar Background Information

Why is this service so limited?

• Full disclosure: when creating this CLI, I worked at HubSpot, so from a completely selfish perspective, I cared about what the Fooda options were near me.
• Fooda doesn't have an API, so I am generating menu information by scraping their website.
• Given the lack of an API, and that Fooda's url structuring is not completely obvious, programmatically supporting multiple locations is a bit challenging.

Why did you create this really limited service?

• Fooda wasn't doing a very good job of emailing me what options were available for a given day, and I hate leaving the command line, if I don't have to (because I'm lazy #millenialproblems).