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vbb-rest is a public transport REST API, a clean alternative to the VBB HAFAS API.

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vbb-rest architecture diagram

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installing & running

access to Redis

It is recommended that you let bvg-rest cache HAFAS responses within a Redis cache. To use this feature, set $REDIS_URL (e.g. to redis://localhost:6379/1 when running Redis locally).

via Docker

A Docker image is available as derhuerst/vbb-rest:6.

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 derhuerst/vbb-rest:6

Note: The Docker image does not contain the Redis server.

manually

git clone https://github.com/derhuerst/vbb-rest.git
cd vbb-rest
git checkout 6
npm install

export HOSTNAME='my-vbb-rest-api.example.org'
npm run build

redis-server &
npm start

To keep the API running permanently, use tools like forever or systemd.

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Contributing

If you have a question or have difficulties using vbb-rest, please double-check your code and setup first. If you think you have found a bug or want to propose a feature, refer to the issues page.