Citibike

A node.js wrapper for Citibike's REST API.

Installation

Install using the node.js package manager npm:

  $ npm install citibike
  

Or...

Install via git clone:

  $ git clone git://github.com/KevinTCoughlin/citibike.git
  $ cd citibike
  $ npm install

Requirements

You can install citibike and its dependencies with npm:

  $ npm install citibike

Dependencies

• Node.js v0.8 +

Notes

• Parameters (Not Currently Supported)

  Since Citibike has not released their Official API the module does not support parameters. Once either the supported query string parameters are discovered or the official API is released the module will support params.

  If you discover supported parameters please post an issue or fork the code so that they can be implemented.

Examples

Demos of the citibike module are located in: ./examples

API Documentation

• Stations - .getStations( params, callback )

  citibike.getStations(null, function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  });

• Sample JSON Response

  {
    "ok": true,
    "meta": [],
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 72,
            "status": "Active",
            "latitude": 40.76727216,
            "longitude": -73.99392888,
            "label": "W 52 St & 11 Ave",
            "stationAddress": "",
            "availableBikes": 12,
            "availableDocks": 22,
            "nearbyStations": [
                {
                    "id": 480,
                    "distance": 0.17780736685282
                },
                {
                    "id": 513,
                    "distance": 0.28502152791732
                },
                {
                    "id": 508,
                    "distance": 0.30285853404336
                },
                {
                    "id": 495,
                    "distance": 0.3196273377671
                },
                {
                    "id": 530,
                    "distance": 0.3430221582592
                }
            ]
        },
        ... more stations ...
    ],
  "activeStations":308,"totalStations":313,"lastUpdate":1371908767}

• Branches - .getBranches( params, callback )

  citibike.getBranches(null, function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  });
      

• Sample Branches JSON Response

  {"ok": true, "meta": [], "results":[
    { "id":1, "latitude":40.7086647301912, "longitude":-74.0108752995729, "label":"120 Broadway" },
    { "id":2, "latitude":40.7533264160156, "longitude":-73.9794006347656, "label":"330 Madison Ave" },
    { "id":3, "latitude":40.7042541503906, "longitude":-74.0070037841797, "label":"111 Wall St" },
    ... more branches ...
  ],"lastUpdate": 1367853735}
      

• Helmets - .getHelmets( params, callback )

  citibike.getHelmets(null, function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  });

• Sample Helmets JSON Response

  {"ok": true, "meta": [], "results":[
    { "id":5002, "address":"571 Courtlandt Av", "latitude":40.8170769363642, "longitude":-73.9193703979254, "label":"Neighborhood Cycle, Inc." },
    { "id":5008, "address":"178 Graham Av", "latitude":40.7078323364258, "longitude":-73.9429473876953, "label":"Graham Bicycle Discount Center" },
    { "id":5000, "address":"4055 White Plains Rd", "latitude":40.8901315927505, "longitude":-73.8593445718288, "label":"Arrow Cycle, Inc" },
    { "id":5001, "address":"33 E 170th St", "latitude":40.8400574326515, "longitude":-73.9171025902033, "label":"Crosstown Bicycles" },
    ... more helmet locations ...
  ],"lastUpdate": 1367853737}

Testing

Issue the following Make command in the top directory to run the mocha.js test cases:

  $ make test

Contributors

• Brad Dickason

LICENSE

Citibike: Copyright (c) 2013 Kevin Coughlin

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.