hubot-wpgtransit

Hubot plugin to get bus schedule information from the Winnipeg Transit Open Data API

Installation

• Run the npm install command

npm install hubot-wpgtransit --save

• Add the following code in your external-scripts.json file.

["hubot-wpgtransit"]

• You will need to obtain an API key here in order to use this script.
• Export your API key as an environment variable

export HUBOT_WPGTRANSIT_KEY=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPXRSTUVWXYZ

Usage

• Search for a stop by name

hubot> hubot bus search Eastbound Portage
hubot> Search Results (limited to 25):
Stop Number 10562 | Eastbound Portage at Tylehurst (Polo Park)
Stop Number 10563 | Eastbound Portage at St. John Ambulance
Stop Number 10564 | Eastbound Portage at Raglan
Stop Number 10565 | Eastbound Portage at Craig
Stop Number 10566 | Eastbound Portage at Clifton
...

• Get the schedule info for a stop

hubot> hubot bus schedule 10562
hubot> Stop Number 10562 | Eastbound Portage at Tylehurst (Polo Park)
 Time - Route
12:49 - [11] Glenway
12:50 - [11] North Kildonan via Rothesay
12:51 - [21] City Hall
12:55 - [79] Polo Park via Kenaston
12:56 - [78] Polo Park via Kenaston
12:56 - [24] City Hall
12:59 - [11] North Kildonan via Donwood
... 

• Get the schedule info for the last stop you searched

hubot> hubot bus schedule 
hubot> Stop Number 10562 | Eastbound Portage at Tylehurst (Polo Park)
 Time - Route
12:49 - [11] Glenway
12:50 - [11] North Kildonan via Rothesay
12:51 - [21] City Hall
12:55 - [79] Polo Park via Kenaston
12:56 - [78] Polo Park via Kenaston
12:56 - [24] City Hall
12:59 - [11] North Kildonan via Donwood
...

Configuration

You may set the below environment variables for further configuration options

| Environment variable | Required | Value | Notes | | -------- | ----- | ----- | ----- | | HUBOT_WPGTRANSIT_KEY | Required | (String) Winnipeg transit OpenData API Key | Obtain a key here | | HUBOT_WPGTRANSIT_URL | Optional | (URL) Default: https://api.winnipegtransit.com/v2/ | Should not need to set this unless the API URL changes|