Find GLS Packages if you only have a rough range/idea of the tracking ID

find_gls_packages.py

# coding: utf-8
"""
Find GLS Packages if you only have a rough range/idea of the tracking ID
"""

import requests
import datetime
import json

from time import sleep

# ENTER TRACKING RANGE BELOW ###########################
START = 000000000000 #12 digit int (lower limit)
END = 000000000001 # 12 digit int (upper limit)
# ENTER TRACKING RANGE ABOVE ###########################

SLEEP = 1 # in seconds between polling to not flood the server
PROGRESS_INTERVAL = 100 # every PROGRESS_INTERVAL ids a progess info is shown.

def make_millis():
    return int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()*1000)

def search_packages(start=START,
                    end=END,
                    sleep_amount=SLEEP,
                    progess=True,
                    progess_interval=PROGRESS_INTERVAL):

    for package_id in range(start, end):
            r = requests.get("https://gls-group.eu/app/service/open/rest/DE/de/rstt001?match={0}&caller=witt002&milis={1}".format(package_id, make_millis()))
        if r.status_code != 404:
            print(package_id)

        # Show address / depot info
        try:
            print(json.dumps(json.loads(r.text)['tuStatus'][0]['history'][0]["address"]))
        except:
            pass

        # Show some kind of progess info
        if progess:
            if package_id%progess_interval == 0:
                print("\nState: {}\n".format(package_id))

        sleep(sleep_amount)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    search_packages()