[iRail] iRail API - Actionscript 3 wrapper

Joris Timmerman joris.timmerman at gmail.com
Sat Aug 7 14:17:30 UTC 2010


Pieter,

Could you also implement the stations + coordinates list in the API as found
in /includes/coordinates.php .
Very handy when visualizing in an application.

Thanks.

2010/8/7 Joris Timmerman <joris.timmerman at gmail.com>

> Hi Pieter,
>
> It was in the documentation.
> 2. Trainschedule
>
> Request: http://api.irail.be/trains.php?to=STATION1&from=STATION2|||OPTIONAL: &date=01-01-10&time=15:40&
> *results=4*&lang=NL
>
>
> 2010/8/7 Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>
>
>> 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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