ResRobot Stop lookup

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What does this API provide?

ResRobot stop lookup provides information about stops, including their ids and position, by searching based on their name.

Data format

The data is formatted as JSON or XML, depending on the format query parameter.

How often is this data updated?

The static data used for this API is updated when changes are made, at most once per day.

Which operators are covered by this dataset?

All operators which operate in Sweden are covered by the ResRobot APIs.

How often does the data format changes? Do breaking changes happen?

This API has the stable status. When breaking changes are made, you will get six months or more to update your implementations. Examples of breaking changes are the changes to existing fields or query parameters, or in case new query parameters are required to keep the results the same. The addition of new fields isn’t considered a breaking change, and can happen without warning.

Using ResRobot Stop lookup

ResRobot Stop lookup takes the search string and the wanted number of results as parameters, and returns a list of matching stations with their location, name and id. Users can choose between exact matching and approximate matching by adding a question mark to the end of the search string.

Only the most important parameters and response variables are described on this page. Looking for more technical details? These can be found in the OpenAPI specification.
Instead of using the station lookup endpoint, you can also use the stops.txt file from GTFS Sverige 2. This way you can provide autocomplete and other search functions without internet access. It will make your application more responsive and more reliable as you don’t have to wait for API responses. See Combining data and APIs for more information.

Example

Call

    https://api.resrobot.se/v2/location.name?input=Göteborg&format=json&key=API_KEY

    https://api.resrobot.se/v2/location.name?input=Göteborg&format=xml&key=API_KEY

    Request parameters

    Name Type Required Description
    key String Yes Your API key
    input String Yes The search string. Append a question mark for fuzzy search.
    maxNo Integer No The maximum number of results to return, default 10, maximum 1000
    lang String No Language (sv/en/de), default sv. Affects both data (names for different transport types) and error messages.
    format String No Json or Xml

    Fuzzy search

    By adding a question mark to the query string, fuzzy matching is used instead of exact matching. This will return stations which name is an exact or near match to the input string.

    Response

      {
  "StopLocation": [
    {
      "id": "740098001",
      "extId": "740098001",
      "name": "GÖTEBORG",
      "lon": 11.973479,
      "lat": 57.708895,
      "weight": 22332,
      "products": 254
    }
  ]
}

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LocationList xmlns="hafas_rest_v1">
    <StopLocation id="740098001" extId="740098001" name="GÖTEBORG" lon="11.973479" lat="57.708895" weight="22332" products="254"/>
</LocationList>
      All-caps stations, like GÖTEBORG in the example above, are virtual stations. These are a group of stations, for example to group stops which are close to eachother or to group several stops serving the same area. This is especially useful for people who are not familiar with the environment. Instead of having to choose between several stops which they don’t know, they can simply search for trips to “Göteborg”.

      Response Data fields

      Name Data type Description
      LocationList StopLocation[] List with results
      StopLocation Object
      name String Stop name
      extId String Stop id for use in other ResRobot APIs.
      id String Internal id. Do not use.
      dist Integer Distance from the queried coordinates, in meters.
      lat String Latitude (WGS84, decimal degree) for this stop, eg 59.293611
      lon String Longitude (WGS84, decimal degree) for this stop, eg 18.083056
      products Integer Transport modes available at thist stop, as a sum of the following values:
      1 – Flyg
      2 - Snabbtåg
      4 - Tåg
      8 - Expressbuss
      16 - Lokaltåg
      32 - Tunnelbana
      64 – Spårvagn
      128 – Buss
      256 – Båt
      512 – Taxi
      (160 – Tunnelbana och Buss)
      weight Integer Shows how much traffic is handled at this stop, a stop with more traffic gets a higher weight. Between 0 and 32767.