mvg-node

NodeJS client for the Munich Public Transport System

Install

$ npm install mvg-node

Usage

Getting departures

const mvg = require('mvg-node');

(async () => {
  let home = await mvg.getStation('Feldbergstr')

  let departures = await mvg.getDepartures(home);
  console.log(departures);
})();

Output

[ { departureTime: 1500923983000,
    product: 'b',
    label: '194',
    destination: 'Trudering Bf.',
    live: true,
    lineBackgroundColor: '#0d5c70',
    departureId: 325930522,
    sev: false,
    time: 2017-07-24T19:19:43.000Z },
  { departureTime: 1500924014000,
    product: 'b',
    label: '192',
    destination: 'Neuperlach Zentrum',
    live: true,
    lineBackgroundColor: '#0d5c70',
    departureId: -120781808,
    sev: false,
    time: 2017-07-24T19:20:14.000Z },
    ... ]

API

async getStation(input) -> object

Fetch information about a specific station

Parameter	Description
input	Either a Number (station ID) or a String (station name)
Returns	An Object containing information about a specific station. This object can be passed to the other functions

async getStations(input) -> array

Search stations by name

Parameter	Description
name	The station name to search for
Returns	An Array of object representing stations

async allStations() -> array

Fetch all stations

async getDepartures(station) -> array

Load a specific station's upcoming departures

Parameter	Description
station	Either a station object or a station id
Returns	An Array of upcoming departures from that station

async getRoute(start, destination, options) -> array

Get routes between two stations

Parameter	Description
start	The route's starting point (either a station object, or a station id (Number) or a station name (String)
destination	The route's destination (either a station object, or a station id (Number) or a station name (String)
options	Either a date object (the route's starting time) or some more options (start, arrival, maxTravelTimeFootwayToStation, maxTravelTimeFootwayToDestination)
Returns	An Array of routes between the two stations

CLI

$ npm install --global mvg-node

Usage

$ mvg-node --help

  NodeJS client for the Munich Public Transport System

  Usage
    $ mvg-node [input] <options>

  Commands
     station      Get information about a specific station
     departures   Get upcoming departures for a specific station.

  Options
     --all        By default, this shows the next 10 departures. Pass `--all` to get all upcoming departures


  Examples
    $ mvg-node station 953

    $ mvg-node departures 'Hauptbahnhof'

Get departures

$ mvg-node departures 'Hauptbahnhof'

Upcoming departures for 'Hauptbahnhof':
┌─────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│   ⏳    │                                        │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 min   │ S8 Herrsching                          │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 min   │ U5 Neuperlach Süd                      │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 min   │ U1 Olympia - Einkaufszentrum           │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 min   │ U1 Mangfallplatz                       │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2 min   │ U5 Laimer Platz                        │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2 min   │ Bus 58 Silberhornstraße                │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3 min   │ S7 Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn          │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 4 min   │ U2 Feldmoching                         │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 4 min   │ Tram 16 Romanplatz                     │
├─────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 4 min   │ U2 Messestadt Ost                      │
└─────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘

License

MIT © Lukas Kollmer

mvg-node was inspired by leftshift/python_mvg_api