pokego-scanner

Node package for scanning Pokemon in Pokemon GO.

No authentication with PTC or Google is required at this time.

This project is not endorsed in by Nintendo or Niantic in any way; use it at your own risk.

Usage

From NodeJS

$ npm install pokego-scanner

var pokegoScan = require('pokego-scanner');

var coords = {
    latitude: 40.4164737,
    longitude: -3.7042757
};

// obtain an array of pokemon close to the given coordinates
pokegoScan(coords, function(err, pokemon) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(pokemon);
});

/* returns:
[ { id: '23578871',
    data: '[]',
    expiration_time: 1469133198,
    pokemonId: '56',
    latitude: 40.41668174482,
    longitude: -3.7048426265191,
    uid: '0d422880aed:23',
    is_alive: true,
    name: 'Mankey',
    map: 'https://pokevision.com/#/@40.41668174482,-3.7048426265191',
    image: 'https://ugc.pokevision.com/images/pokemon/56.png',
    distance: 53,
    distance_str: '53m',
    despawns_in: 603,
    despawns_in_str: '10:03' },
  ... ]
*/

// filter by max distance
pokegoScan(coords, {distance: 100}, function(err, pokemon) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(pokemon);
});

// filter by specific pokemon
pokegoScan(coords, {filter: ["Zubat", "Pidgey"]}, function(err, pokemon) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(pokemon);
});

From the console

$ npm install -g pokego-scanner
$ pokego-scanner --lat=40.4164737 --lng=-3.7042757

Optional flags:

$ pokego-scanner --lat=40.4164737 --lng=-3.7042757 --distance 100 --pokemon Pidgey

Debugging

Some debugging info can be shown through the debug package. To enable it, use the namespace pokego-scanner:

$ DEBUG=pokego-scanner pokego-scanner -- 40.4164737,-3.7042757
  pokego-scanner https://pokevision.com/map/scan/40.4164737/-3.7042757 +0ms
  pokego-scanner { status: 'success', jobId: '1f6df38141ceaa194703b22830f0e80f' } +293ms
  pokego-scanner https://pokevision.com/map/data/40.4164737/-3.7042757/1f6df38141ceaa194703b22830f0e80f +15ms
  pokego-scanner { status: 'success', jobStatus: 'in_progress' } +183ms
  pokego-scanner job in progress, retry in 1500ms (attempt 2 of 10) +0ms
  pokego-scanner https://pokevision.com/map/data/40.4164737/-3.7042757/1f6df38141ceaa194703b22830f0e80f +2s
  pokego-scanner { status: 'success', jobStatus: 'in_progress' } +194ms
  pokego-scanner job in progress, retry in 3000ms (attempt 3 of 10) +1ms
  pokego-scanner https://pokevision.com/map/data/40.4164737/-3.7042757/1f6df38141ceaa194703b22830f0e80f +3s
  pokego-scanner { status: 'success', pokemon: [ { id: '24192555', ... }, ... ] } +224ms
[ { id: '24703530',
    data: '[]',
    expiration_time: 1469134868,
    pokemonId: '16',
    latitude: 40.416268962029,
    longitude: -3.7053183409618,
    uid: '0d42287efab:21',
    is_alive: true,
    name: 'Pidgey',
    map: 'https://pokevision.com/#/@40.416268962029,-3.7053183409618',
    image: 'https://ugc.pokevision.com/images/pokemon/16.png',
    distance: 91,
    distance_str: '91m',
    despawns_in: 597,
    despawns_in_str: '09:57' },
  ... ]