• Ruby Gem wrapper for Transport for NSW Open Data APIs that opens a HTTP(S) session for multiple configured requests. Currently supported APIs:
  • Traffic Volume Counts API
  • Trip Planner API

• Install Gem

  $ gem install opendata-api
  $ bundle install

• Follow User Guide of OpenData API to:

  • Register with OpenData API
  • Create App
  • Select APIs Supported by the Gem
  • Obtain associated API Keys
  • Add API Keys to .env file (i.e. OPENDATA_API_KEY=<INSERT_API_KEY>)
  • Access the API Key in Ruby app with ENV['OPENDATA_API_KEY']

• Usage in Ruby project or IRB

  require 'opendata-api'
  require 'json'
  require 'dotenv'
  API_KEY = ENV['OPENDATA_API_KEY']
  OpenDataAPI.init(API_KEY)
  args = [
    {
      api_name: 'traffic_volume_counts',
      format: 'geojson',
      table: 'road_traffic_counts_station_reference',
      limit: '50'
    },
    {
      api_name: 'trip_planner',
      format: 'rapidJSON',
      coord_lat: '-33.8688',
      coord_long: '151.2093',
      coord_radius: '1000'
    }
  ]
  response = OpenDataAPI.run(args)
  puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response[:traffic_volume_counts]))
  puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response[:trip_planner]))

Contributions are welcome. Particularly updating the configuration to support other OpenData APIs.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.