[iRail] iRail API - Actionscript 3 wrapper

Sat Aug 7 13:58:49 UTC 2010

Where did you read about the results parameter? It's not in the API
specification anymore.

It's not yet implemented. Might implement it soon though.

Pieter

On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 15:39 +0200, Joris Timmerman wrote:
> Could it be that the results parameter (to indicate the number of
> results returned) doesn't work?
> Just checked the PHP code
> in http://github.com/Tuinslak/iRail/blob/master/api/trains.php, I see
> that the variable is stored in $results but never used again.
> 
> 2010/8/7 Joris Timmerman <joris.timmerman at gmail.com>
>         Hi,
>         
>         
>         Implemented the last 2 features in the wrapper.
>         Let me know where I can commit them to.
>         I made an account on Github yesterday, username: joridor .
>         
>         
>         2010/8/7 Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>
>         
>         
>                 Ok. Fixed and implemented.
>                 
>                 I've added an option to the API &trainsonly
>                 if 1, it will only return trains, if 0 it will also
>                 return buses and
>                 such. Default is 0.
>                 
>                 Wiki page: http://wiki.github.com/Tuinslak/iRail/api
>                 Commit:
>                 http://github.com/Tuinslak/iRail/commit/cde5e533c4ab22b91e34f2852d2809b26d2899fc
>                 
>                 The commit will be pushed to api.irail.be on Monday
>                 It will be pushed to dev.irail.be/api tonight (I
>                 think)
>                 
>                 Thanks Christophe for your investigation on the
>                 product values. (It
>                 helped ;-) )
>                 
>                 Pieter
>                 
>                 
>                 On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 12:21 +0200, Joris Timmerman
>                 wrote:
>                 > Hi,
>                 >
>                 > So long as the API gets updated, I'm willing to keep
>                 this wrapper up to date.
>                 > I agree with Yeri, I don't have a subscription for
>                 busses and the fact I hate busses, I always set the
>                 option on the nmbs website for trains only.
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > Met vriendelijke groet,
>                 > Kind regards,
>                 >
>                 > Joris Timmerman
>                 > Sent from my iPhone
>                 >
>                 > Op 7-aug.-2010 om 01:12 heeft Pieter Colpaert
>                 <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
>                 >
>                 > >
>                 > >>
>                 > >> I explained the concept of an API to someone and
>                 used the iRail API as
>                 > >> an example.
>                 > >> I build a wrapper to explain how things work, and
>                 tonight I worked
>                 > >> that example out to a full wrapper of Pieter's
>                 API.
>                 > >> (wrappers lower the the threshold for developers
>                 to use the API, I've
>                 > >> noticed this myself, especially in the Flash
>                 community, as an author
>                 > >> of a wrapper for Google's webservices, because
>                 there are a lot of
>                 > >> people with not much experience or not much time,
>                 and when offered a
>                 > >> wrapper, they're more eager to dig in).
>                 > >> The full source is (was) included as an
>                 attachment.
>                 > >
>                 > > Thanks, we will feature these wrappers on our
>                 website soon. Are you
>                 > > willing to keep it up to date?
>                 > >
>                 > >> On testing, I stumbled on something piculiar, one
>                 of the suggested
>                 > >> routes was a bus.
>                 > >> Feature or bug?
>                 > > Feature
>                 > >>
>                 > >>
>                 > >> Further I have a few (API-)feature requests
>                 > >>      * A way to find a station by an input, such
>                 as Google Suggest
>                 > >>        with a few limited results, for
>                 auto-completion for example.
>                 > >>        (indeed this can be done with the full
>                 list, but I was
>                 > >>        suggesting this to avoid traffic to
>                 download the full list)
>                 > >
>                 > > You should only download the entire list once, or
>                 include it in the
>                 > > application. When stations are added however, you
>                 might want to update
>                 > > this list. That's why this API function exists.
>                 > >
>                 > >>      * A stationslist ordered hierarchally,
>                 structered by zone (with
>                 > >>        a zone I mean a set of stations in one
>                 city). -> drop that,
>                 > >>        Pieter got a very good point
>                 > >
>                 > > Thanks ;-)
>                 > >
>                 > >>      * Possibllity to pass on to the API if the
>                 given date & time is
>                 > >>        arrival or departure time.
>                 > >
>                 > > Fixed and commited:
>                 > >
>                 http://github.com/Tuinslak/iRail/commit/5f462523119d8022083b4e710844f743ed99efd3
>                 > >
>                 > > should be on the http://dev.irail.be/api pretty
>                 soon now...
>                 > >
>                 > >>      * ADDED: Possibllity to pass on the means of
>                 travel in the API,
>                 > >>        (for example: trains only, trains and
>                 busses, ...) (I would
>                 > >>        suggest to use an index, for example: -1
>                 is all, 0 is only
>                 > >>        trains,...)
>                 > >
>                 > > I don't like this idea. I think buses should be
>                 included if necessary
>                 > > (as is default). What do others think of this
>                 idea?
>                 > >
>                 > > Pieter
>                 > >
>                 > >
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>         -- 
>         Joris Timmerman
>         joris.timmerman at gmail.com
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