PetrolMate (AU + NZ)

Goal

Query live AU and NZ fuel prices from petrolmate.com.au's public API through a lightweight CLI. Covers Australian state fuel data (NSW/QLD/VIC/SA/TAS FuelCheck) and NZ crowd-sourced data (Gaspy). No authentication required.

Use this when

• A user asks for current fuel prices at a specific AU or NZ location
• A user wants the cheapest fuel type near them ("cheapest 95 near St Heliers")
• A user wants to compare fuel prices across stations in an area
• A user asks "where's the cheapest diesel near me?"
• A user wants to filter by brand (Shell, BP, Z, NPD, etc.)
• The Gaspy authenticated API or PetrolSpy is unavailable, or the user wants official FuelCheck data for AU

Do not use this for

• National average prices (use gaspy-nz summary for NZ, no AU equivalent via PetrolMate)
• Fuel supply, vessel tracking, or geopolitical risk (use fuelclock-nz)
• Historical price trends or charts
• User-reported Gaspy station search (use gaspy-nz stations or petrolspy-nz)

Preferred workflow

1. Run search --location "st heliers" --fuel PULP95 for a location-based price comparison
2. Use --radius 10 to widen the search, --radius 3 to tighten
3. Use --brand Shell to filter to a specific brand
4. Use --sort distance when you care about proximity over price
5. Use --json for machine-readable output or piping to jq
6. Note that not all fuel types are available in all regions — NSW FuelCheck only reports ULP, E10, LPG, E85

CLI

Run with:

python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py <command> [flags]

search

Search for stations near a location.

# By named location (from built-in lookup or PetrolMate geocoding)
python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py search --location "st heliers"

# Filter by fuel type, sorted cheapest first
python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py search --location "st heliers" --fuel PULP95

# Wider radius, filter by brand
python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py search --location "auckland" --fuel DIESEL --radius 10 --brand Z

# Custom coordinates
python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py search --lat -33.86 --lon 151.20 --fuel PULP98 --json

# IP-based location
python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py search --geoip --fuel ULP --radius 3

# Australian address (PetrolMate geocodes it)
python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py search --location "Brisbane QLD" --fuel DIESEL

locations

List built-in location names:

python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py locations

fuel-types

List available fuel types:

python3 skills/petrolmate-nz-au/scripts/cli.py fuel-types

Fuel Type Codes

Code	Description
ULP	Unleaded 91
E10	E10 (Ethanol 10%)
PULP95	Premium 95
PULP98	Premium 98
PREMIUM	Premium (95+98)
DIESEL	Diesel
PDIESEL	Premium Diesel
DIESEL_PREMIUM	Premium Diesel (alias for PDIESEL)
LPG	LPG/Autogas
E85	E85 (Ethanol 85%)
B20	Biodiesel B20

Resources

• CLI entrypoint: scripts/cli.py
• API notes and data sources: references/api-notes.md

Notes

• PetrolMate aggregates official (AU) and crowd-sourced (NZ) data — AU prices are typically more reliable
• hours_old shows data freshness; NZ Gaspy data can be 1–2 days old
• Prices are displayed in cents (divide by 100 for dollars)
• --location first checks the built-in lookup table, then falls back to PetrolMate geocoding
• No third-party dependencies — Python stdlib only (urllib + json)
• Fuel-type coverage varies by region and station -- not all types are available everywhere