Public API endpoints

API entrypoint

GET /

Provides basic information about this Transiter instance and the transit systems it contains.

Request: EntrypointRequest

Request payload for the entrypoint endpoint.

No fields.

Response: EntrypointReply

Response payload for the entrypoint endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
transiter	EntrypointReply.TransiterDetails	Version and other information about this Transiter binary.
systems	ChildResources	Systems that are installed in this Transiter instance.

EntrypointReply.TransiterDetails

Message containing version information about a Transiter binary.

Field	Type	Description
version	string	The version of the Transiter binary this instance is running.
url	string	URL of the Transiter GitHub repository.

List systems

GET /systems

List all transit systems that are installed in this Transiter instance.

Request: ListSystemsRequest

Request payload for the list systems endpoint.

No fields.

Response: ListSystemsReply

Response payload for the list systems endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
systems	System	List of systems.

Get system

GET /systems/<system_id>

Get a system by its ID.

Request: GetSystemRequest

Request payload for the get system endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system to get. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: System

List agencies

GET /systems/<system_id>/agencies

List all agencies in a system.

Request: ListAgenciesRequest

Request payload for the list agencies endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list agencies. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: ListAgenciesReply

Response payload for the list agencies endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
agencies	Agency	List of agencies.

Get agency

GET /systems/<system_id>/agencies/<agency_id>

Get an agency in a system by its ID.

Request: GetAgencyRequest

Request payload for the get agency endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the agency is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
agency_id	string	ID of the agency. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: Agency

List stops

GET /systems/<system_id>/stops

List all stops in a system.

This endpoint is paginated. If there are more results, the next_id field of the response will be populated. To get more results, make the same request with the first_id field set to the value of next_id in the response.

Request: ListStopsRequest

Request payload for the list stops endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list stops. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
search_mode	ListStopsRequest.SearchMode	The type of search to perform when listing stops.
only_return_specified_ids	bool	Deprecated: use filter_by_id instead.
filter_by_id	bool	If true, only return stops whose IDs are specified in the repeated id field. Only supported when the search mode is ID.
id	string	IDs to return if filter_by_id is set to true. It is an error to populate this field if filter_by_id is false. Only supported when the search mode is ID.
filter_by_type	bool	If true, only return stops whose types are specified in the repeated type field.
type	Stop.Type	Types to filter by if filter_by_type is set to true. It is an error to populate this field if filter_by_id is false.
first_id	string	ID of the first stop to return. If not set, the stop with the smallest ID will be first. Only supported when the search mode is ID.
limit	int32	Maximum number of stops to return. This is supported in all search modes. For performance reasons, if it is larger than 100 it is rounded down to 100.
skip_stop_times	bool	If true, the stop times field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_service_maps	bool	If true, the service maps field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_alerts	bool	If true, the alerts field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_transfers	bool	If true, the transfers field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
max_distance	double	The maximum distance in kilometers that a stop must be from latitude, longitude to be listed when using DISTANCE search mode.
latitude	double	The latitude relative to the returned stops when using DISTANCE search mode.
longitude	double	The longitude relative to the returned stops when using DISTANCE search mode.

ListStopsRequest.SearchMode

The possible search modes when listing stops.

Name	Number	Description
ID	0	Return a paginated list of stops sorted by stop ID.
DISTANCE	1	Return all stops within max_distance of (latitude, longitude), sorted by the distance.

Response: ListStopsReply

Response payload for the list stops endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
stops	Stop	List of stops.
next_id	string	ID of the next stop to return, if there are more results.

Get stop

GET /systems/<system_id>/stops/<stop_id>

Get a stop in a system by its ID.

Request: GetStopRequest

Request payload for the get stop endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the stop is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
stop_id	string	ID of the stop. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
skip_stop_times	bool	If true, the stop times field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_service_maps	bool	If true, the service maps field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_alerts	bool	If true, the alerts field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_transfers	bool	If true, the transfers field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.

Response: Stop

List routes

GET /systems/<system_id>/routes

List all routes in a system.

Request: ListRoutesRequest

Request payload for the list routes endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list routes. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
skip_estimated_headways	bool	If true, the estimated headway fields will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_service_maps	bool	If true, the service maps field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_alerts	bool	If true, the alerts field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.

Response: ListRoutesReply

Response payload for the list routes endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
routes	Route	List of routes.

Get route

GET /systems/<system_id>/routes/<route_id>

Get a route in a system by its ID.

Request: GetRouteRequest

Request payload for the get route endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the route is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
route_id	string	ID of the route. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
skip_estimated_headways	bool	If true, the estimated headway field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_service_maps	bool	If true, the service maps field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.
skip_alerts	bool	If true, the alerts field will not be populated. This will generally make the response faster to generate.

Response: Route

List trips

GET /systems/<system_id>/routes/<route_id>/trips

List all trips in a route.

Request: ListTripsRequest

Request payload for the list trips endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the route is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
route_id	string	ID of the route for which to list trips This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: ListTripsReply

Response payload for the list trips endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
trips	Trip	List of trips.

Get trip

GET /systems/<system_id>/routes/<route_id>/trips/<trip_id>

Get a trip by its ID.

Request: GetTripRequest

Request payload for the get trip endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the trip is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
route_id	string	ID of the route the trip is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
trip_id	string	ID of the route. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: Trip

List alerts

GET /systems/<system_id>/alerts

List all alerts in a system. By default this endpoint returns both active alerts (alerts which have an active period containing the current time) and non-active alerts.

Request: ListAlertsRequest

Request payload for the list alerts endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list alerts. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
alert_id	string	If non-empty, only alerts with the provided IDs are returned. This is interpreted as a filtering condition, so it is not an error to provide non-existent IDs. If empty, all alerts in the system are returned. TODO: add a boolean filter_on_alert_ids field

Response: ListAlertsReply

Response payload for the list alerts endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
alerts	Alert	List of alerts.

Get alert

GET /systems/<system_id>/alerts/<alert_id>

Get an alert by its ID.

Request: GetAlertRequest

Request payload for the get alert endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the alert is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
alert_id	string	ID of the alert. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: Alert

List transfers

GET /systems/<system_id>/transfers

List all transfers in a system.

Request: ListTransfersRequest

Request payload for the list transfers endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list transfers.

Response: ListTransfersReply

Response payload for the list transfers endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
transfers	Transfer	List of transfers.

Get transfer

GET /systems/<system_id>/transfers/<transfer_id>

Get a transfer by its ID.

Request: GetTransferRequest

Request payload for the get transfer endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the transfer is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
transfer_id	string	ID of the transfer. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: Transfer

List feeds

GET /systems/<system_id>/feeds

List all feeds for a system.

Request: ListFeedsRequest

Request payload for the list feeds endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list feeds.

Response: ListFeedsReply

Response payload for the list feeds endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
feeds	Feed	List of feeds.

Get feed

GET /systems/<system_id>/feeds/<feed_id>

Get a feed in a system by its ID.

Request: GetFeedRequest

Request payload for the get feed endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the feed is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
feed_id	string	ID of the feed. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: Feed

List vehicles

GET /systems/<system_id>/vehicles

List all feeds for a system.

Request: ListVehiclesRequest

Request payload for the list vehicles endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system for which to list vehicles.
search_mode	ListVehiclesRequest.SearchMode	The type of search to perform when listing vehicles.
only_return_specified_ids	bool	Deprecated: use filter_by_id instead.
filter_by_id	bool	If true, only return vehicles whose IDs are specified in the repeated id field. Only supported when the search mode is ID.
id	string	IDs to return if filter_by_id is set to true. It is an error to populate this field if filter_by_id is false. Only supported when the search mode is ID.
first_id	string	ID of the first vehicle to return. If not set, the vehicle with the smallest ID will be first. Only supported when the search mode is ID.
limit	int32	Maximum number of vehicles to return. This is supported in all search modes. For performance reasons, if it is larger than 100 it is rounded down to 100.
max_distance	double	The maximum distance in kilometers that a vehicle must be from latitude, longitude to be listed when using DISTANCE search mode.
latitude	double	The latitude relative to the returned vehicles when using DISTANCE search mode.
longitude	double	The longitude relative to the returned vehicles when using DISTANCE search mode.

ListVehiclesRequest.SearchMode

Available search modes when listing vehicles.

Name	Number	Description
ID	0	Return a paginated list of vehicles sorted by vehicle ID.
DISTANCE	1	Return all vehicles within max_distance of (latitude, longitude), sorted by the distance.

Response: ListVehiclesReply

Response payload for the list vehicles endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
vehicles	Vehicle	List of vehicles.
next_id	string	ID of the next vehicle to return, if there are more results.

Get vehicle

GET /systems/<system_id>/vehicles/<vehicle_id>

Get a vehicle in a system by its ID.

Request: GetVehicleRequest

Request payload for the get vehicle endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	ID of the system the vehicle is in. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.
vehicle_id	string	ID of the vehicle. This is a URL parameter in the HTTP API.

Response: Vehicle

List shapes

GET /systems/<system_id>/shapes

List all shapes in a system.

Request: ListShapesRequest

Request payload for the list shapes endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	System to list shapes for.
only_return_specified_ids	bool	Deprecated: use filter_by_id instead.
filter_by_id	bool	If true, only return shapes whose IDs are specified in the repeated id field.
id	string	IDs to return if filter_by_id is set to true. It is an error to populate this field if filter_by_id is false.
first_id	string	ID of the first shape to return. If not set, the shape with the smallest ID will be first.
limit	int32	Maximum number of shapes to return.

Response: ListShapesReply

Response payload for the list shapes endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
shapes	Shape	Shapes that were listed.
next_id	string	ID of the next shape to list, if there are more results.

Get shape

GET /systems/<system_id>/shapes/<shape_id>

Get a shape in a system by its ID.

Request: GetShapeRequest

Request payload for the get shape endpoint.

Field	Type	Description
system_id	string	System to get shape for.
shape_id	string	ID of the shape to get.

Response: Shape